Free Trade
Friday, April 4, 2008 - 00:00
Hillary Clinton's chief campaign strategist met with Colombia's ambassador to the U.S. on Monday to discuss a bilateral free-trade agreement, a pact the presidential candidate opposes
Friday, April 4, 2008 - 00:00
"I wouldn't know what to say. It would be very serious," said Mr. Uribe during an interview on the presidential plane
Friday, April 4, 2008 - 00:00
Problems with the deal and legislation to help displaced workers still must be worked out, House Majority Whip James Clyburn said
Friday, April 4, 2008 - 00:00
House Republican leadership has said a vote against that pact
would alienate a U.S. ally in the region and signal support for Venezuelan
President Hugo Chavez and his anti-American policies
Friday, April 4, 2008 - 00:00
The U.S.-Colombia FTA merits bipartisan support
Friday, April 4, 2008 - 00:00
The Washington state Republican is one of nine members of Congress traveling to Colombia on Friday with U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab
Thursday, April 3, 2008 - 00:00
It would humiliate Colombian President Alvaro Uribe, a free-trader and a bulwark against the spreading influence in Latin America of Venezuela's leftist strongman, President Hugo Chavez
Thursday, April 3, 2008 - 00:00
Sen. Baucus's appeal for greater consensus comes as a major fight looms over President Bush's proposed trade deal with Colombia
Thursday, April 3, 2008 - 00:00
Moran and other backers of the free trade pact argue that sending the bill to the Hill without Pelosi's tacit support, if not open embrace, would upset the deal's already fragile prospects