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Camp says Canada-Colombia free trade puts US at disadvantage
15-Aug-2011
House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Dave Camp said a free-trade accord between Canada and Colombia that takes effect today puts the U.S. at a disadvantage and underscores the need to pass the nation’s own stalled agreements.
MAC applauds progress by Canadian government in the Americas
11-Aug-2011
The Mining Association of Canada today offered congratulations to the federal government on the formal entry into force of the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement effective August 15 2011.
The US must seek labour guarantees in trade agreements
11-Aug-2011 SDP
Defenders of labour rights celebrated today the US request to establish an arbitral panel to analyse Guatemala’s non compliance with labour rights under a free trade agreement (FTA).
Two more banana workers murdered in Colombia as free trade agreement is debated in DC
8-Aug-2011 Talking Union
The assassination of two more banana workers’ union members underscored the weakness of the “Labor Action Plan” by which the government of Colombia has promised, as a side agreement to the US FTA, to end the decades-long violent assault on the labor movement.
US Senators reach compromise on free trade deals
4-Aug-2011 VoA
US Senate leaders have reached a potential bipartisan compromise on three long-delayed free-trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea.
Saying no to the Colombia free trade agreement
30-Jul-2011 FOR
On July 11th, over 200 people converged in Lafayette Park across the street from the White House. All were there to raise their voices to President Obama to say “NO” to the proposed US-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CFTA).
Colombia FTA: violence, potential job losses hang over deal
21-Jul-2011 Huffington Post
How will the US-Colombia free trade agreement affect Colombians? Opinions from a sugar cane worker, shop steward and a Colombian labor expert.
Free-trade agreements said to be delayed by Obama amid worker-aid dispute
21-Jul-2011 Bloomberg
President Barack Obama will delay sending free-trade agreements to Congress until lawmakers return from an August recess as a dispute with Republicans over a worker-aid program remains unresolved, according to people familiar with the decision.
The audacity of free trade agreements
18-Jul-2011 FPIF
As the US economy struggles to regain its footing, the best way to rebuild stability is to learn from mistakes of the past and strive for greater equity. A necessary step is to reject the Colombia, South Korea, and Panama Free Trade Agreements.
Fruit stalls Korea-Colombia FTA
18-Jul-2011 Korea Times
Both Korea and Colombia agree in principle on the need for a fast free trade agreement (FTA) but they just cannot nail it because Korea is not ready to accommodate what Colombia wants ― better terms for its fruits and flowers than what Korea gives Peru and Chile.
’Free’ trade deals are bad for Mass. cities like Fall River
17-Jul-2011
Long before 2008, when Wall Street’s unchecked greed brought the world’s economy to its knees, we in the middle class could feel our future slipping away. We knew that we were working longer and harder — we could clearly see that even with two salaries, most families had less disposable income than families did in the ’60s and ’70s when one income was the norm.
SOCMA offers support for free trade pacts with South Korea, Panama, and Colombia
17-Jul-2011
The Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates (SOCMA) issued its support this week of the passage of pending free-trade agreements (FTA) with South Korea, Panama and Colombia by two Congressional committees. SOCMA is the US-based trade association representing custom and batch manufacturers, including contract manufacturers of fine chemicals, pharmaceutical intermediates, and active pharmaceutical ingredients.
Embattled Colombian unionists rally against ‘free trade’
15-Jul-2011 In These Times
Gathering with fellow unionists in Washington, D.C., Jose Hugo Yanini speaks firmly about labor rights in Colombia. But a few weeks ago, the industrial janitor and shop steward feared that he soon might never utter another word.
People of faith rally against Colombian free trade agreement
14-Jul-2011 Huffington Post
Jose’s phone rang. When he picked up the receiver, no one was on the other line. He hung up. The next time he heard the ring, his wife answered, and a menacing voice said, "Tell that man to calm down his tongue or we will cut it out."
Push for Colombia’s FTA
12-Jul-2011
Chief trade officials from Korea and Colombia agreed to closely cooperate for an early conclusion of their free trade negotiations, Seoul’s trade ministry said yesterday.
Hundreds gather outside the White House to protest the Colombia free trade agreement
12-Jul-2011 FSRN
Hundreds gathered outside the White House on Monday to protest the Colombia free trade agreement, which they say will kill jobs here, and threaten communities in Colombia.
Business, labor spar over Colombia free-trade deal
11-Jul-2011
While the loudest shouting is about unionists and the union movement in Colombia, it appears at times to mask an altogether different debate: whether trade pacts are good or bad for jobs in the US.
Free-trade deals would be costly to US
9-Jul-2011
For over a decade, the labor movement and development advocates have called for fair-trade policy that is part of a more coordinated and coherent national economic strategy. Unfortunately, the Korean, Colombian and Panamanian free-trade deals before Congress do not address the fundamental policy failures of the North American Free Trade Agreement and China’s inclusion into "favored nation status," which has led to catastrophic job loss in the U.S. and the explosion of our import/export deficit, now reaching $500 billion annually.
Canadians may pay the price of US Free Trade Agreement with Colombia
9-Jul-2011
The United States intends to offset the cost of entering into a new Trade Promotion Agreement with Colombia by imposing a $5.50 fee on Canadian and Mexican travelers to the US.
US Senate committee approves Colombia FTA
8-Jul-2011 Colombia Reports
The Senate Finance Committee voted to approve the US-Colombia free trade agreement (FTA) bill in a mock markup session Thursday morning, much to the satisfaction of Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos.