Free Trade
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - 00:00
It is up to government to create and sustain an environment for free trade to flourish and for the private sector to take the industry- and firm-level actions that will produce lasting benefits.
Tuesday, May 1, 2012 - 00:00
Trade experts and policymakers from trading partners are dismayed by signs of protectionism creeping back to the region.
Tuesday, April 24, 2012 - 00:00
The LAP called for Colombia to enforce pre-existing but widely ignored legislation banning the cooperatives. However, as the Rubiales workers testified, in many sectors little has changed.
Wednesday, April 18, 2012 - 00:00
"This takes the pressure off the powers that be in Colombia from dealing with continued human rights violations against unionists."
Monday, April 16, 2012 - 00:00
Cartagena, Colombia (CNN) -- A free trade agreement between the United States and Colombia is set to take effect next month, leaders of both countries said Sunday at the Summit of the Americas in Colombia.
<br />The United States and Colombia agreed to the pact last year, but implementation was contingent on Colombia taking a series of steps to improve workers' rights.
<br />At a joint news conference in Cartagena with President Barack Obama, Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos cheered the deal as a 20-year dream come true.
<br />"This will create thousands, mill
Monday, April 16, 2012 - 00:00
The summit concluded Sunday with no formal declaration and no signing ceremony.
Monday, April 16, 2012 - 00:00
Obama says it will support "thousands of U.S. jobs" and give Colombia a market for exports.
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 - 00:00
El ministro de Trabajo piensa revisar avances del Plan de Accion acordado entre Santos y Obama.
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - 00:00
United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk announced that the administration of President Barack Obama is intent in reaching a free trade agreement with South America and called for a greater opening of the Brazilian economy
Tuesday, December 20, 2011 - 00:00
Far from taking advantage of the global crisis to boost intra-bloc trade, the countries of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) - Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay - have erected tariff barriers