Americas
Bilateral deal-making involving governments of Latin America, the US and Canada.
last update: May 2012
- ALBA / TCP
- Brazil
- Canada
- Canada-Colombia
- Canada-India
- Canada-Korea
- Chile
- Colombia
- EU-CAN
- EU-Canada
- EU-Central America
- EU-Mercosur
- EU-US
- FTAA
- IBSA
- Japan-Mexico
- Mercosur
- Mexico
- NAFTA
- North & South America
- Pacific Alliance
- Peru
- TPP
- Uruguay
- US-Andean countries
- US-Australia
- US-Bahrain
- US-Chile
- US-Colombia
- US-DR-CAFTA
- US-India
- US-Korea
- US-Malaysia
- US-Morocco
- US-Oman
- US-Panama
- US-Peru
- US-SACU
- US-Taiwan
- US-Thailand
- US-UAE
How likely are the two countries to engage in talks for a broader trade agreement in the near future, and how would that differ from the phase-one treaty?
‘I’m not going to enter any new trade agreement with anybody until we have made major investments here at home’
The real winners of free trade are the wealthy in all of the trading countries—not the citizens, workers, or manufacturing.
The US administration is holding talks with Brazil on trade in ethanol and sugar, but a broader free trade deal is unlikely in the near future, US trade representative (USTR) Robert Lighthizer said.
The new pact is expected to ease trade barriers, strengthen regulation and crack down on corruption.
Uruguayan Foreign Minister Francisco Bustillo and US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo have met in Washington to discuss deepening commercial ties, the Uruguayan Foreign Ministry said
Over the last several decades, US trade policies have failed most Americans. Under the guise of “free trade,” special interests have captured trade policy to extract wealth at home and abroad and left working people to bear the costs.
The Barbados-based Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) on Monday signed an agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to support economic development and integration of the Caribbean Community (Caricom).
Honduran environmental activist Berta Cáceres was a strong voice against free trade and fought for the Lenca people’s right to live on their sacred land.
US and Brazilian officials are working on a deal covering trade facilitation, digital trade and regulatory practices, with a target for the end of the year, a top Brazilian diplomat said.
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Americans For Free Trade
A broad coalition of American businesses, trade organizations, and workers united against tariffs. -
Americas Policy Program
The Americas Program of the Center for International Policy is a leading source of information for activists, academics and citizens concerned about US foreign policy toward Latin America and movements for social justice within the hemisphere. -
Biodiversidad en América Latina
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Bloque Verde
No hay ambiente para el TLC en Costa Rica -
Citizens Trade Campaign - Bilateral Agreements
The Citizens Trade Campaign is a US coalition of environmental, labor, consumer, family farm, religious, and other civil society groups founded in 1992 during the fight over the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) -
Consejo de Investigaciones e Información en Desarrollo -CIID -
Institución que impulsa el desarrollo de Guatemala y Centroamérica, a través de la investigación y la promoción de programas de desarrollo -
Costa Rica Solidaria - NO al TLC
Esta semana lo más relevante de nuestra lucha -
Ecuador contra el TLC - Movilizaciones de Marzo 2006
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GMA
The Grocery Manufacturers of America is a major lobby group on US FTAs -
LATN
The Latin American Trade Network is an independent and interdisciplinary research network -
Movimiento Cultura frente al TLC
El Movimiento Cultura frente al TLC es un colectivo de artistas que viaja por las comunidades llevando música, teatro, poesía, danza, pintura y talleres, informando a l@s costarricenses sobre las graves consecuencias que tendría para nuestro país la aplicación del Tratado de "Libre" "Comercio" (TLC) -
NFTC
The National Foreign Trade Council is a US business organisation lobbying the US government on its foreign trade policy -
Trrade for People and Planet
We want trade deals to be democratic, to benefit working people and the environment. We need to revolutionize the trade model and create a new global economy based on collaboration and ecological well-being. -
US State Department Office of Bilateral Trade Affairs
The Office of Bilateral Trade Affairs ensures that the overall foreign policy goals of the U.S. Government are factored into the development of U.S. bilateral trade policy. -
US-Japan Business Council
USJBC has been pushing for a US-Japan FTA -
USTR
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USTR National Trade Estimate Report
Annual assessment of obstacles to US trade interests in foreign countries
bilaterals.org team, Jan 2021