30-Nov-2009
Meat Trade News
The third anniversary of the signing of the US-Colombia free trade pact came and went this month with the Obama administration still negotiating the fine print, Congress showing little interest and business groups frustrated by the lack of action on trade deals.
10-Oct-2009
Red Colombiana de Acción Frente al Libre Comercio, Recalca
Between the 28th and 30th of September, hundreds of indigenous peoples from the Association of Indigenous Councils of Northern Cauca (ACIN), Colombia, met to debate the environmental, territorial and economic situation in Latin America, Colombia, and in their own communities.
30-Sep-2009
Dow Jones Newswires
The US Congress won’t likely ratify a free trade agreement with Colombia this year as it’s currently focusing on health care reform and energy-related legislation, US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said Tuesday.
30-Jun-2009
Colombia Reports
US President Barack Obama said Monday following a meeting with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, that he is confident that a free trade agreement with Colombia can ultimately be reached.
29-Apr-2009
Upside Down World
United States foreign trade policies should insist on seeking more ethical economic practices which do not rely on the exploitation of lives and environmental resources, but which thrive off of sustainable relationships of production. Additionally, the United States should recognize the role it has historically played in protracting violence in Colombia, and the influence it has on Colombian forms of governance and economic policy
23-Apr-2009
Colombia Reports
US President Barack Obama will face opposition from his democratic colleagues if he asks Congress to approve a free trade agreement (FTA) with Colombia.
22-Apr-2009
Colombia Reports
Close to one hundred activists gathered outside the White House Monday, asking President Obama to make a radical change to the US’s political relationship with Colombia.
19-Apr-2009
Colombia Reports
US president Barack Obama has given "instructions" to his Trade Representative Ron Kirk to start talks with Colombia about the pending free trade agreement between the two countries, Colombia’s Trade Minister Luis Guillermo Plata said Friday.