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Free trade agreements and Labour: Much more than a Labour Clause
7-Feb-2006 RECALCA
The FTA signed between Peru and the US has 24 chapters. One of these is a labor chapter that is identical to that found in the US-Colombia FTA and the US-Ecuador. On the subject of including this chapter, it is necessary to analyze the impact of signing this Treaty on labor and employment conditions for Colombians.
Agriculture blocks Colombia-US FTA
4-Feb-2006 Prensa Latina
Disagreements on issues like agriculture are forcing the Colombian government on Friday to delay the possible signing of the free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States, scheduled for this weekend.
Colombia trade benefits seen at risk without US deal
25-Jan-2006 Reuters
US Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles Grassley warned that agricultural market access terms of the Colombia agreement must be at least as good as the CAFTA. If Colombia can’t agree to those terms, "there’s really not much point in continuing negotiations" a Committee aide said.
Ecuador-Colomb-US resume FTA talks
25-Jan-2006 Prensa Latina
Ecuador, along with Colombia, is reopening Wednesday in Washington joint negotiation over the copyright issue in the Free Trade Agreement with the US, despite growing refusal in Quito.
Colombia, Ecuador to set common position in FTA talks
17-Jan-2006 Dow Jones
Colombia and Ecuador will set a common position in negotiations with the US on a free trade agreement, the presidents of both countries said Monday in a press conference.
Colombia says NO to US free trade
16-Jan-2006
The Colombian government declared Friday, based on a Cundinamarca Administration Court decision, it will not sign the Free Trade Agreement with the United States.
Ecuador, Colombia to talk on FTA
3-Jan-2006 The Daily Journal
Ecuadoran President Alfredo Palacio will travel to Bogota in January to discuss with his Colombian counterpart, Alvaro Uribe, a free trade agreement (FTA) that their countries are negotiating with the United States.
Ecuador, Colombia to have talks on FTA with US
31-Dec-2005
Ecuadoran President Alfredo Palacio will travel to Bogota in January to discuss with his Colombian counterpart, Alvaro Uribe, a free trade agreement (FTA) that their countries are negotiating with the United States.
Colombia, US to resume talks in January
19-Dec-2005
Stalled U.S.-Colombia free-trade talks will resume next month, Colombia’s trade minister said Monday.
Colombia congratulates Peru on free trade deal with US
14-Dec-2005
Colombia’s government congratulated Peru on closing a free trade deal with the US, but said some of the issues that it has regarding a similar agreement with the US still need to be resolved.
Uribe: Free-trade deal to be fair
5-Dec-2005
Colombian President Alvaro Uribe pledged that the free-trade agreement that his government is negotiating with the United States will be fair, although not ideal.
Colombia, Ecuador: more talks needed for FTA with US
23-Nov-2005 Xinhua
Colombia and Ecuador decided on Tuesday to break off their free trade talks with the United States for now, saying that more rounds of talks are needed.
Despite FTAA defeat at Americas Summit, free trade to be imposed on Colombians
8-Nov-2005 Colombia Journal
In the aftermath of the U.S. failure in Argentina, the Bush administration continues to work for bilateral or sub-regional free trade agreements throughout the Americas.
No pax americana
8-Nov-2005 Khaleej Times
Indigenous movements are indeed a threat to the free-trade policies Bush is hawking, with ever fewer buyers, across Latin America. Their power comes not from terror but a terror-resistant strain of hope, so sturdy it can take root in the midst of Colombia’s seemingly hopeless civil war.
Colombian farmers question FTA with US
29-Oct-2005 Prensa Latina
Rafael Mejia, president of the Colombian Association of Farmers (SAC), asserted his entity would not support a free trade agreement (FTA) with the US if farmers do not benefit from it.
Varieties of imperial aggression: The Andean trade treaties
29-Oct-2005 Znet
One crucial element common to all these bilateral trade talks is the ruthless determination of rich countries to destroy poorer countries’ national sovereignty.
Colombian Attorney red flags FTA
26-Oct-2005 Prensa Latina
Attorney General Edgardo Maya admonished the government Tuesday that an ill-fated signing of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US would result in negative effects for Colombia.
Colombian communities in uproar over FTA
13-Oct-2005 Prensa Latina
Thousands of Colombians go on a national community protest against the US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and possible reelection of President Alvaro Uribe.
Andean trade pact: anything but popular
13-Oct-2005 anarkismo.net
Tens of thousands are in the streets of the main cities of Colombia today protesting a proposed free trade pact with the United States and accusing President Alvaro Uribe of selling out the country.
Colombia: US-Andean free trade talks could wrap up by Nov
24-Sep-2005 DowJones News
Colombia’s government on Friday praised the latest round of talks on establishing a free trade area that would also include the US, Ecuador and Peru, saying a final deal could be reached by November.