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Nations rush to make trade pacts
10-Sep-2006
Within days of taking office, Peruvian President Alan García named economist Hernando de Soto — a man he calls ’’the most prestigious Peruvian’’ — as his chief lobbyist to push a free trade agreement through the U.S. Congress.
Political issues weigh on trade talks
9-Sep-2006
At issue are commodities as varied as rice, apparel and automobiles, as well as lucrative new markets in banking and other financial services, with potentially billions of dollars in commerce at stake. But for several countries negotiating trade pacts with the US, the outcome may have less to do with economics than with American election-year politics.
House could delay vote on Peru trade bill
7-Sep-2006 Washington Post
Republican leaders in the US House of Representatives will likely delay a vote on a free trade pact with Peru until after the November 7 congressional election, US trade experts said on Wednesday.
Peru and Mexico negotiate free trade pact
4-Sep-2006 MercoPress
Mexican Foreign Secretary Luis Ernesto Derbez said Thursday that his country and Peru are "90 percent" of the way to concluding a free trade agreement.
U.S. trade issue looms over Colombia and Peru
28-Aug-2006
Major exporters from Colombia fear being blindsided by tariffs up to 20 percent on key exports to the United States unless special trade preferences designed to wean the Andean nations off of cocaine production are renewed before their expiration Jan. 1.
Pisco sour
26-Aug-2006 The Economist
Little by little, South America is dividing itself into two very different trade blocks. Mercosur, based on Brazil and Argentina and recently joined by Venezuela, is relatively protectionist and suspicious of bilateral trade deals with the United States. Most countries on the Pacific seaboard are committed to free trade with both el norte and Asia.
Peru seeks to renegotiate free-trade pact with US
20-Aug-2006 Bloomberg
Peruvian President Alan Garcia said his government will seek to renegotiate a free-trade agreement signed between Peru and the US which is awaiting a vote in the US Congress. "We need to think about a different accord, one for the poor, one that looks within, complying with a national agenda."
FTA means deeper poverty in Peru
17-Aug-2006
An issue that has received less attention is the implications of the FTA for the entry of genetically modified organisms (GMO’s) into Peru.
Lobbyists push for deal with Peru, but vote remains elusive
23-Jul-2006 Miami Herald
The business community is off and running in its attempt to push the latest Latin American free-trade agreement through Congress.
Venezuela’s Chavez looms large over US vote on Peru trade pact
15-Jul-2006 Mercury News
Free-trade agreements generally set tariffs on beef and commodities and deal with government procurement contracts and labor provisions. But as US Congress prepares to vote on a contentious free-trade accord with Peru, the figure of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is looming large.
US House Dems vow to oppose Peru FTA on labor standards
13-Jul-2006 Easy Bourse
Democrats on the House Ways and Means Committee Wednesday said they would oppose a free trade agreement between the US and Peru, citing inadequate provisions to protect labor standards.
USTR to press Congress on Oman, Peru, Vietnam trade deals
12-Jul-2006 Dow Jones
US trade officials will concentrate on getting Congress to approve trade agreements with Oman, Peru and Vietnam in the run-up to mid-term elections this autumn, a US trade official said Tuesday.
FTA Sanction Betrays Peru Farming
4-Jul-2006
Antolin Huascar, president of the National Coordination Office against the Free Trade Agreement, branded the ratification of that deal with the US as treason to the Peruvian farming world.
Anti-FTA Rally Shakes Lima
29-Jun-2006
Thousands of Peruvians made Lima shudder with a rally against the congressional ratification Thursday morning of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US.
Peru ratifies US free trade deal
28-Jun-2006
Peru’s outgoing Congress has voted overwhelmingly to ratify a free trade deal with the US amid protests by recently elected opposition deputies.
Peru approves free-trade pact with U.S.
28-Jun-2006
Peru’s Congress overwhelmingly voted to ratify a free trade pact with the United States early Wednesday.
Peru to Cast Decisive FTA Vote
26-Jun-2006
The Peruvian congress is defining this week whether it ratifies or rejects the current controversial Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US, signed by both nations in April but still without legislative approval.
Singapore and Peru conclude second round of negotiations for FTA
19-Jun-2006
Singapore and Peru have concluded their second round of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement.
Andean Community: Grasping at unity straws
14-Jun-2006
The foreign ministers of the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) forged ahead in attempts to quiet fears of an imminent collapse of the bloc following Venezuela’s withdrawal, despite member-country political differences that were all too evident at the regional summit.
Peru’s Alan Garcia to revise free trade deal with the US
14-Jun-2006 Pravda
In a news conference in Lima last week, Garcia suggested one change he might seek would be to add language to discourage Peru’s importing of subsidized US crops.