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Some 250,000 Colombian teachers and students and their supporters held marches on May 30 to protest a proposed Law of Transferences and a National Development Project (PND) that they say will cut funding for education and teachers' pensions, as well as a "free trade" agreement (FTA, or TLC in Spanish) with the US.
Caterpillar Inc vice president Tom Gales cited a major construction project the country is embarking on--the expansion of the Panama Canal--as one reason why the trade agreement is essential. The expansion is the world's largest public works project since the Three Gorges Dam was constructed in China.
There will be more criminal prosecutions for intellectual property violations as a result of Australia's Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States, according to leading IP academics.
The Labor Ministry on Monday expressed some reservations on the information contained in the US National Labor Committee report on workers at Jordan's garment factories which are exporting duty-free under the U.S.-Jordan Free Trade Agreement (FTA).
South Korea has banned US beef shipments to that country after two recent shipments from Tyson and Cargill contained products that were intended for consumption in the United States.
When it comes to U.S. trade policy, in recent years it has seemed more difficult to gain bipartisan agreement among American policy-makers than to negotiate with foreign governments.
At the request of a group of legislators, the Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court (Sala IV) will review a controversial trade pact before Costa Rican citizens vote on it, according to a statement released Friday by the Judicial Branch.
In two weeks (June 19-21), CARICOM Prime Ministers will meet with President George W. Bush, in Washington. CARICOM officials will also meet with the Caribbean diaspora at the Conference of the Caribbean: A 20:20 Vision.
In testimony given Wednesday, May 16, before the United States International Trade Commission in Washington D.C., the Caterpillar Inc. (NYSE: CAT) vice president with responsibility for Latin America emphasized why a Panama Trade Promotion Agreement will be remarkably beneficial for the U.S., Panama and the region.
There will be more criminal prosecutions for intellectual property (IP) violations as a result of Australia's Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States, according to leading IP academics.
