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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.
Congress weighs future of Andean trade scheme
2-Jun-2007
U.S. lawmakers have begun talks on whether to extend a 15-year-old trade preference program for Andean countries while free trade deals with Colombia and Peru remain up in the air, congressional aides said on Wednesday.
Peru expected to pass U.S. free-trade pact
26-May-2007 Miami Herald
Peruvian political leaders expect the country’s Congress to ratify protections for workers and the environment demanded by Democrats in Washington as part of a revised Free Trade Agreement between Peru and the United States.
China, Peru to establish free trade zone
17-May-2007 CCTV
China and Peru launched the first joint feasibility study in Beijing on building a free trade zone in the past two days, and pledged to conclude the study within three months, said Wang Xinpei, spokesman for the Ministry of Commerce on Wednesday.
Bipartisan trade deal: full text
14-May-2007 Committee on Ways and Means
Full text of the bipartisan trade deal reached between the US’ Democrat-led Congress and the Bush Administration
Congress urged to OK Peru, Colombia FTAs
11-May-2007
The U.S. State Department’s No. 2 official on Thursday expressed hope that free trade agreements with Colombia and Peru will be approved soon by the U.S. Congress.
Peru, Colombia and Panama lobby for US free-trade pacts
25-Apr-2007 Miami Herald
As crunch time nears, Peru, Colombia and Panama have embarked on a nearly unprecedented lobbying effort to salvage their free-trade agreements with Washington.
Bush, Peru’s Garcia press for congressional passage of US-Peruvian free trade pact
24-Apr-2007
President George W Bush and his guest from Peru, President Alan Garcia, urged the Congress on Monday to pass the pending US-Peruvian free trade agreement.
US Commerce Secy urges passing of LatAm trade pacts
23-Apr-2007
Failure by the US Congress to approve free trade agreements with Latin American countries will have “huge political consequences” in the region, US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez warned Monday.
Moratorium on free trade agreements
6-Apr-2007 FPIF
At literally minutes to midnight on April 1, the United States signed a free trade agreement (FTA) with South Korean negotiators and rushed it to Congress. Congress now has 90 days to review the Korea, Peru, Colombia, and Panama agreements, before fast track authority expires on June 30.
Peru, China interested in bilateral FTA
31-Mar-2007
President of Peru Alan Garcia and member of the Permanent Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China, Li Changchun, confirmed on Friday the common interest to negotiate a bilateral free trade agreement.
Peru sees progress in March in US free trade pact
22-Mar-2007
Peru’s foreign trade minister on Wednesday expressed confidence that progress will be made this month toward clinching US congressional approval of a Peruvian-US free trade pact.
Norway and Peru next trade targets
19-Mar-2007
Peru and Norway are China’s next target as trade partners even as the country is busy discussing free trade agreements (FTAs) with two dozen economies.
Peru to invest more than US$300k in FTA lobbying efforts in US
15-Mar-2007
Peru’s Ministry of Foreign Relations acknowledged that it has contracted the American legal firm Patton Boggs LLP to begin lobbying efforts to speed up the free trade agreement ratification process in the United States.
Peru’s Garcia: 7% increase in economy not enough, promotes FTA with China
14-Mar-2007
Recent news that informed of a 7% increase in Peru’s economy was not to the liking of Peruvian President Alan Garcia.
Peru: Teacher’s union’s complaints could jeopardize FTA with US
14-Mar-2007
Peru’s Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) Mercedes Araoz expressed her concern over complaints that could be taken to international courts by Peru’s teacher’s union, SUTEP and subsequently affect the pending free trade agreement with the United States.
Lawmaker rejects USTR proposal on trade pacts
6-Mar-2007
A Bush administration proposal aimed at winning Democratic party support for free trade agreements with Peru, Colombia and Panama falls short of what is needed to strengthen the labor provisions of those pacts, a Democratic lawmaker said on Monday.
Lawmaker rejects USTR proposal on trade pacts
6-Mar-2007 Reuters
A Bush administration proposal aimed at winning Democratic party support for free trade agreements with Peru, Colombia and Panama falls short of what is needed to strengthen the labor provisions of those pacts, a Democratic lawmaker said on Monday. It "misses the point" and shifts the focus from improving conditions for workers to a legalistic debate over whether a foreign country’s law are equivalent to those of the United States, he said.
Peru: More suffering for informal economy
1-Mar-2007 Latin America Press
Labor Ministry’s meager efforts to protect workers keep informal laborers on the edge
Labor sees Bush trade talks with Congress failing
25-Feb-2007 Reuters
The Bush administration is unlikely to reach a deal with the Democratic-led Congress to salvage free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and Peru, the AFL-CIO said on Friday.