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Panama, Guatemala ready free trade
13-Feb-2008 Prensa Latina
Panama said Tuesday that negotiations for a free trade agreement with Guatemala is 90 percent advanced. Panama plans to negotiate a similar accord with the EU en bloc.
Panama and Chile to start free trade
24-Jan-2008 Prensa Latina
Panama and Chile will implement a bilateral free trade agreement on March 7, signed by both countries, the Panamanian Foreign Ministry announced on Wednesday.
US-Panama trade promotion agreement: Potential economy-wide and selected sectoral effects
2-Nov-2007 ITC
A report from the US International Trade Commission (September 2007)
Bush tries to build support for Latam trade deals
12-Oct-2007 Reuters
Bush urged Congress on Friday to approve free-trade agreements with Peru, Panama and Colombia "as soon as possible," saying failure to do so would diminish US leadership in the hemisphere.
US-Panama trade pact looks shaky
11-Oct-2007 LA Times
Washington officials say that even if Gonzalez — the president of Panama’s National Assembly, who is wanted on murder charges in the US — were to quit, attitudes in Congress and in the Bush administration have hardened against the free trade deal.
Commissioner Ferrero-Waldner visits Central America and announces aid packages
29-Sep-2007 FOCUS Information Agency
Three weeks before the first round of negotiations on an Association Agreement between the EU and Central America to be held in Costa Rica at the end of October, Ms Ferrero-Waldner wishes to send a strong signal to the region of the importance the EU accords to this agreement.
US wants Panama Congress chair out
13-Sep-2007 Prensa Latina
The US is stepping up pressure to remove the president of Panama’s National Assembly, who it claims killed a US marine, so that the case will not block passage of the US-Panama FTA.
Democrats change FTA views
11-Sep-2007 LBC
More and more US Democrats, many of whom have been skeptical about the Bush administration’s trade agenda in Latin America, now support pending free trade agreements with Peru, Colombia, and Panama.
Fugitive’s election muddles trade deal prospects
8-Sep-2007 The Hill
Advocates of a US-Panama free trade deal have a new headache: Panama has just elected an official wanted for arrest in the U.S. for allegedly killing an American soldier.
Why is our trade policy benefitting tax cheats?
6-Sep-2007 AlterNet
The pending US trade agreement with Panama isn’t really about trade. It’s about foreign investor rights, money laundering, and tax dodging.
Observers watchful of US trade impact on medicines access
24-Jul-2007 IP Watch
The United States has begun incorporating a revised intellectual property and health policy into its bilateral trade deals. But although the overall softer approach towards its partners may improve access to medicines, the debate on the impact of the US free trade agreements on public health in developing countries is not over, according to close observers.
On free trade, Democrats and Bush can’t even agree on facts
24-Jul-2007
Free-trade agreements can create new opportunities for consumers and exporters, but making them law isn’t always easy.
NEMA applauds signing of US free trade agreements with Panama and South Korea
13-Jul-2007 National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA)
The National Electrical Manufacturers Association (NEMA) congratulates US trade negotiators on this week’s signing of two important bilateral free trade agreements (FTAs), and calls upon Congress to ratify the two FTAs as soon as possible.
Panama ratifies free trade deal with US
12-Jul-2007 News Channel 7
Panama’s legislature ratified a free trade agreement with the United States on Wednesday amid protests by hundreds of leftists and farmers opposed to the deal.
Bush administration, industry meet as Panama, Peru trade deals delayed
10-Jul-2007
Senior members of the Bush administration and several US industry representatives were meeting today in Washington in order to devise a plan under which stalled free trade agreements (FTAs) with Panama and Peru might be quickly approved by Congress.
Panamanians protest US trade deal
29-Jun-2007 Prensa Latina
Groups of students, professionals, and unions in Panama are protesting the signing Thursday of a free trade agreement with the US, for considering it an affront to the country s sovereignty and dignity.
US, Panama sign free trade pact just in time
29-Jun-2007 ABC News
The United States and Panama signed a free trade agreement on Thursday with only a few days to spare before key US legislation expires.
Honduras, Panama sign free trade
15-Jun-2007
Presidents Manuel Zelaya, Honduras, and Martin Torrijos, Panama, will sign a free trade agreement in this capital on Friday, after bilateral negotiations that concluded last month in the Panamanian capital.
Caterpillar pushes for passage of US-Panamanian Trade Promotion Agreement
5-Jun-2007 Webwire
Caterpillar Inc vice president Tom Gales cited a major construction project the country is embarking on—the expansion of the Panama Canal—as one reason why the trade agreement is essential. The expansion is the world’s largest public works project since the Three Gorges Dam was constructed in China.
Trade agreements would boost state’s pork industry
4-Jun-2007
When it comes to U.S. trade policy, in recent years it has seemed more difficult to gain bipartisan agreement among American policy-makers than to negotiate with foreign governments.