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Colombia to reopen to Canadian beef
17-Sep-2009
Colombia will be the first market in South America to reopen to Canadian beef since 2003, the Canadian government announced Wednesday.
USTR gets over 500 public comments on Korea, Colombia FTAs: Kirk
16-Sep-2009
The United States Trade Representative Office has received more than 500 public comments on the pending free trade agreements with South Korea and Colombia, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said Tuesday.
Steelworkers call on Liberals to refuse support for Harper’s Colombia trade deal
14-Sep-2009
As Parliament resumes, Ken Neumann, National Director of the United Steelworkers (USW) today called on Michael Ignatieff and the Liberal caucus to refuse to support the Harper government’s free trade agreement with Colombia when the bill is voted in Parliament next week.
Canada-Colombia deal on parliamentary agenda
11-Sep-2009 NUPGE
Legislation to implement the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) (Bill C-23) may be the first order of business in the House of Commons when MPs return Monday after their summer recess.
Tories set to re-introduce Canada Colombia Free Trade Agreement
11-Sep-2009 The Dominion
Below, a call to action from the folks managing the Stop the Canada Colombia FTA group on Facebook.
S. Korea, Colombia to start FTA talks this year
3-Sep-2009
South Korea and Colombia agreed Thursday to begin talks on a free trade agreement (FTA) within the year, Seoul’s foreign ministry said after a meeting between their foreign ministers here.
Colombia - Free trade agreement on back burner
23-Aug-2009 Poder 360
Some say that domestic issues will dominate Barack Obama’s agenda for the rest of the year.
Key benchmarks for a human rights impact assessment for the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA)
8-Aug-2009 CCIC
Possible US-Colombia military deal raises regional tensions
30-Jul-2009 CSM
A pending agreement that would give the US military broad access to several Colombian bases is rattling already shaky relations in the Andean region, where Venezuela "froze" relations with Colombia Tuesday. Uribe agreed to the deal in the hopes of finally winning approval of a free-trade agreement with the United States, according to critics.
Colombia romances US with PR campaign after trade deal stalls
26-Jul-2009 Bloomberg
The $800,000 effort, funded by both the government and groups such as the coffee and flower growers, is intended to alter the perception among some in the US that Colombia means drugs, violence and crime and isn’t intended to sway lawmakers on the trade accord, the campaign’s manager said
Wheat growers counting on trade deal
20-Jul-2009 Agweek
US wheat growers may lose more than 50 percent of $165 million per year in sales to Colombia if Congress does not approve the US-Colombia free trade agreement, US Wheat Associates and Colombian millers said at a July 14 news conference.
AIPAC and the US-Colombia free trade deal
14-Jul-2009 IRMEP
By paying off IAI and laying the groundwork for future Israeli weapons purchases, the Colombian government clearly hopes to win the support of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) to help pass the US-Colombia FTA.
The throes of the third round of negotiations of the FTA of Colombia & Peru with the EU
8-Jul-2009 Anarkismo.net
Analysis of the third round of egotiations of a free trade agreement (FTA) between the EU and the Andean countries (Ecuador, Peru and Colombia).
Politics of delay on Colombia pact
6-Jul-2009 Politico
President Barack Obama keeps punting on the touchy issue of free trade — and it’s driving both opponents and supporters just a little bit crazy. The mixed message on the Colombia Free Trade Agreement is a case in point.
Obama ’confident’ FTA with Colombia will go ahead
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.
Many US House Democrats want trade policy revamp
25-Jun-2009 Washington Post
Political pressure grew on President Barack Obama to reconsider pending trade deals with Panama, Colombia and South Korea as over 100 lawmakers called on Wednesday for a massive revamp of US trade policy.
Peruvian violence prompts concerns over Canada’s push for free trade deals
24-Jun-2009 Embassy Magazine
While a great deal of scrutiny has been directed toward Canada’s free trade agreement with Colombia, there has been little said about a similar deal with Peru. In fact, last Wednesday, on one of the final days of Parliament, that agreement barely made a ripple as it quietly received Royal Assent.
Harper touts free trade, shies away from terrorism reports in Colombia talks
11-Jun-2009 Montreal Gazette
As he blasted the "ideological" opponents of his free-trade deal with Colombia, Prime Minister Stephen Harper played down recent reports of a Colombian terrorism infiltration into Canada.
Stalled but not dead: Update on the Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
5-Jun-2009 rabble
The Canada-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CCFTA) was withdrawn from the table while being debated for its second reading in Canadian Parliament on May 27, 2009. Stalled for now, the CCFTA will certainly be back: it has not been defeated, and its proponents (the Conservatives and some of the Liberals) await an opportunity to bring it back.
Colombia FTA to become reality: US Chamber of Commerce
4-Jun-2009 Colombia News
A free trade agreement between Colombia and the United States will become a reality and is just a matter of time, the President of the US Chamber of Commerce, Thomas J. Donahue, said.