Free Trade
Thursday, January 13, 2011 - 00:00
Representative Sander Levin's "purpose is essentially a fact-finding mission to observe first-hand conditions relevant to the Colombia FTA," a spokeswoman for the lawmaker said.
Friday, January 7, 2011 - 00:00
The Colombia Free Trade Agreement is also a positive foreign policy gesture to one of our most reliable allies in the region and the oldest continuously functioning democracy in all of South America.
Monday, January 3, 2011 - 00:00
The Colombia trade agreement was negotiated three years ago. But there is now hope. The new Congress may be more supportive
Thursday, December 23, 2010 - 00:00
Senator Jeff Sessions’ push to drop sleeping bags from preferences – which are extended to 120 developing nations – held up debate on the valuable preferences even as flood-hit Colombia declared a national state of emergency
Wednesday, December 22, 2010 - 00:00
Much of the political terrain in Washington in the fight over the Colombia FTA is focused on violence against trade unionists, impunity, and, to a lesser degree, respect for worker rights in Colombia.
Tuesday, December 21, 2010 - 00:00
The Obama administration, supposedly intent on boosting exports and the domestic jobs they create, must stop equivocating and add Panama and Colombia to its free-trade priorities in the new Congress
Thursday, December 16, 2010 - 00:00
We need to pass the Panama and Colombia Free Trade Agreements. Jobs can be created for Caterpillar workers, for John Deere workers, for Whirlpool workers right here in this country if we can open up the markets within this hemisphere.
Wednesday, December 1, 2010 - 00:00
We have three pending trade agreements with Panama, Colombia, and South Korea, which not only would have far-reaching economic impacts on the United States of America, but at the same time it would have a very, very important geopolitical impact.
Wednesday, November 10, 2010 - 00:00
Speaking during a brown-bag discussion today at the AFL-CIO here in Washington, D.C., Munoz said workers in the United States must continue to publicly fight against the agreement.
Friday, October 29, 2010 - 00:00
Peru Proposes "Free Movement" Zone To Chile, To Boost Tourism, Trade.