Free Trade
Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 00:00
The memo outlines the Members' concerns on issues including violence against trade unionists and other human rights defenders in Colombia, impunity and worker rights.
Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 00:00
Why would the White House tolerate a situation in which our firms are taxed at the Colombian border on their goods, while our European competitors are not?
Thursday, March 17, 2011 - 00:00
I urge my colleagues to step back from this stalled trade agenda--step back from Korea, Panama, and Colombia. I urge my colleagues to examine instead what is in the best interests of American workers and businesses.
Wednesday, March 16, 2011 - 00:00
El TLC entre Colombia y Turquia cubrira, inicialmente, acceso al mercado de bienes, reglas de origen, procedimientos aduaneros, normas sanitarias y fitosanitarias.
Tuesday, March 15, 2011 - 00:00
Gabriel Silva describio el encuentro como "constructivo" para "escuchar las opiniones del gobierno estadounidense" pero admitio desconocer que podria pasar cuando ambas partes se reunan de nuevo en dos semanas.
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 00:00
As President Barack Obama prepares for his trip to Brazil, Chile and El Salvador this week, there is optimism in the region that his swing south will begin a new relationship - one that reflects the profound changes Latin America has undergone in the past
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 00:00
The politics of free trade have never been easy for President Obama - and they appear to be getting harder. Mr. Obama wants congressional ratification of a tariff-slashing deal with South Korea.
Monday, March 14, 2011 - 00:00
The pressure on the White House to drop its passive-aggressive opposition to the Colombia and Panama free trade agreements is now officially bipartisan. That news came last week when Senate Finance Chairman Max Baucus announced that "The time is here
Friday, March 11, 2011 - 00:00
Senior Colombian officials, including Juan Carlos Pinzon, chief of staff to Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos, were in Washington on Thursday for talks with Kirk's office on labor and violence concerns.
Thursday, March 10, 2011 - 00:00
The Democratic and Republican leaders of the Senate Finance Committee said Wednesday they would withhold approval of another trade agreement - a pact with South Korea that Obama recently completed - unless it is packaged with a Colombia deal.