Free Trade
Monday, October 3, 2011 - 00:00
First and foremost, the American worker is going to have an opportunity, I believe, to gain access to new markets in Colombia, Panama, and South Korea. Union and nonunion jobs are going to be created.
Monday, October 3, 2011 - 00:00
Making goods in a country that has rational economic, labor, and environmental structures is a lot more expensive than in a country that doesn't have them
Monday, October 3, 2011 - 00:00
Colombia currently collects $100 in tariffs on U.S. exports for every $1 the United States collects in tariffs on Colombian goods
Monday, October 3, 2011 - 00:00
President Barack Obama may send free- trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama to Congress for consideration as soon as today
Monday, October 3, 2011 - 00:00
Negotiators have discussed several variations of the passage process, including the House passing the GSP-TAA bill first followed by passage of the trade agreements before sending all four bills to the Senate for clearance
Monday, October 3, 2011 - 00:00
Under the U.S.-Colombia trade agreement, elimination of tariffs on U.S. goods exported to Colombia is estimated to increase total U.S. goods exports to Colombia by more than $1.1 billion
Tuesday, September 27, 2011 - 00:00
Twenty-two union leaders have been killed so far this year in Colombia, including 15 since the labor action plan went into effect, Trumka says
Monday, September 26, 2011 - 00:00
Reid has vowed to vote against all three deals when they arrive on the Senate floor.
Friday, September 23, 2011 - 00:00
Three free trade agreements that have spent years in political limbo could finally be on a path toward congressional action with a Senate vote Thursday
Friday, September 23, 2011 - 00:00
A senior Democratic Senate aide told AFP the White House had no plans to submit the accords before the House voted