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Mexico, Panama finish free-trade talks
25-Mar-2014 Wall St Journal
Mexian President Enrique Peña Nieto called the trade pact "another significant step toward Panama’s future participation in the Pacific Alliance, an inclusion which Mexico supports." The Pacific Alliance is a trade bloc that includes Mexico, Chile, Colombia and Peru.
Panama, Colombia sign free trade agreement
17-Oct-2013 Lexology
Panama has signed a free trade agreement with Colombia, making a step forward to join the Pacific Alliance.
FTA with European Union kicks in
2-Aug-2013 Newsroom Panama
Free trade agreements signed by the European Union with Panama, Colombia, Honduras and Nicaragua came into force on Thursday August 1.
Colombia stalls signing the FTA with Panama
23-Jul-2013
The Panamanian Minister of Commerce and Industry, Ricardo Quijano said that Panama has a special interest in signing free trade agreements with Colombia and Mexico to enter the Pacific Alliance not as observers, but as a full member.
EFTA states sign free trade agreement with Costa Rica and Panama
25-Jun-2013 4-Traders
Ministers from the Member States of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) - Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland - and from Costa Rica and Panama have signed a Free Trade Agreement today.
Venezuela claims ICSID arbitration victory over Panama’s OPIC Karimun Oil Company
30-May-2013 Latin American Herald Tribune
Venezuela reported a triumph at the World Bank’s International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes in a case brought by Panama’s OPIC Karimun Corporation on compensation for losses it sustained when Venezuela nationalized oil fields in 2007.
Colombia, Panama work toward free trade agreement
30-May-2013 AFP
Colombia and Panama started the seventh round of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on May 28 and talks will last for four days, according to Panama’s Trade and Industry Ministry.
Panama-Colombia free trade talks stall
21-Mar-2013 Newsroom Panama
The sixth round of negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement between Panama and Colombia in Medellin, closed in Medellin last Friday without any agreement being reached.
Panama and Colombia to restart FTA talks
1-Mar-2013 Newsroom Panama
Panama and Colombia are about to restart talks on a free trade agreement From March 11-15 the sixth round of negotiations will take place In Medellin, Colombia.
Canadian Parliament backs Panama FTA
15-Nov-2012 Tax News
Canada’s Minister for International Trade, Ed Fast, has confirmed that the Canadian House of Commons has approved a law that would bring a new free trade agreement between Canada and Panama into force.
Panama president cancels Colon land sale after clashes
24-Oct-2012 BBC
Panama’s President Ricardo Martinelli says he will scrap plans to sell off state-owned land in the duty-free zone of Colon after violent protests - one week before the US-Panama FTA comes into effect.
Residents in Panama protest privatization of canal zone as US trade deal nears
24-Oct-2012 FSRN
next week, a trade deal with Panama will go into effect. Anti-corruption advocates have criticized Panama for providing tax havens for wealthy corporations and its policies have drawn protest from within the country. This week, residents of Colon are under a curfew after protesters hit the streets in response to the government’s plan to privatize land.
Panama protests against free-trade zone land sales
23-Oct-2012 RT
Police in the sea-port of Colon have fired tear-gas and rubber bullets to disperse angry protesters. A total of 50 were arrested during the clashes, a continuation of public outcry against the governments decision to sell land in the free-trade zone.
US-Panama Free Trade Agreement enters into force Oct. 31
23-Oct-2012 Agri-Pulse
United States Trade Representative (USTR) Ron Kirk announced today the United States-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement will enter into force on October 31, 2012.
US - Panama trade deal to go into force "very soon": USTR Kirk
29-Sep-2012
A long-delayed free trade agreement between the United States and Panama will soon go into force, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said on Friday.
FTAs signed with Panama, Venezuela may come into force in April
21-Feb-2012
Peru’s Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) announced Monday that the Free Trade Agreements (FTA) signed by Peru with Panama and Venezuela will come into force in April.
Air traffic between Peru, Panama to increase thanks to bilateral FTA
5-Feb-2012
The commercial air traffic between Peru and Panama is expected to grow due to the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed by both countries in 2011, which is scheduled to come into force in the first quarter of this year, the president of Panama’s Copa Airlines Pedro Heilbron said.
Peru-Panama FTA to come into force in 1Q 2012
14-Dec-2011
Peruvian Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism Jose Luis Silva on Wednesday said that the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed with Panama will come into effect in the first quarter of 2012 after being approved by the National Assembly of said Central American country on Tuesday.
Amendment to Panama FTA appendix approved
22-Nov-2011
The legislature yesterday approved an amendment to the appendix of the Taiwan-Panama free-trade agreement (FTA) allowing Panama to take full control of quota-setting and granting zero-tariff status to all in-quota sugar exports to Taiwan.
Biggest US free trade legislation since 1994 eases protectionist concern
13-Oct-2011 Bloomberg
The U.S. Congress approved free-trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama, bringing an end to years of stalemate and offering what supporters said was the biggest opportunity for exporters in decades.