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Bilateral deal-making involving governments of Latin America, the US and Canada.

last update: May 2012

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Coffee growers of El Salvador favor FTA with China
6-Apr-2023     Prensa Latina
The coffee sector in El Salvador has very favorable expectations about a Free Trade Agreement in denial with the People's Republic of China, sources from the sector said.
Costa Rica will negotiate a free trade agreement with Israel
3-Apr-2023     bitfinance
The Minister of Foreign Trade of Costa Rica, Manuel Tovar, and the Minister of Economy and Industry of Israel, Nir Barkart, signed a memorandum of understanding on free trade.
Venezuela and Colombia sign agreement on investments protection
28-Mar-2023     teleSUR
The President of Venezuela signed with the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia an agreement for the promotion and protection of investments between both nations.
US farm, food groups urge Congress to pass authority for new trade deals
17-Mar-2023     Reuters
More than 50 US agriculture and food groups urged Congress to approve new legislation enabling the United States to negotiate more free-trade agreements.
Advocates urge US not to offer ‘Big-Tech-favored terms’ in trade talks
16-Mar-2023     The Washington Post
Consumer advocates are urging the Biden administration to scrub language from a US trade proposal they say could undermine efforts to hold tech giants accountable for their privacy practices, according to a letter shared first with The Technology 202.
Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity is unlikely to expand trade
3-Mar-2023     American Action Forum
The APEP seeks to “foster regional economic integration,” but it does not include negotiation objectives on market access to eliminate tariffs, objectives similarly neglected by the Indo-Pacific Economic Framework..
Costa Rica and Ecuador sign trade agreement
2-Mar-2023     Macau Business
The deal focuses on goods exports, plus facilitating discussions on best practices for gender-related issues in trade, workers’ rights, environmentalism and corporate responsibility.
US eyes trade deals with allies to ease clash over electric car subsidies
27-Feb-2023     The New York Times
The Biden administration hopes to reach limited free trade agreements with countries in Europe and Asia that would not require congressional approval as it looks to ease allies’ concerns about its plans to bolster electric vehicle and battery production.
Colombia, Venezuela revive trade deal after 4-year suspension
17-Feb-2023     France 24
The leaders of Colombia and Venezuela on Thursday renewed a trade deal that had been suspended for four years, in the latest rapprochement between the neighbors.
AFL-CIO wants bigger say in US digital trade deals for workers
8-Feb-2023     Yahoo
The largest US labor organization issued a set of principles that it says is needed to protect workers, the public's privacy and governments' ability to regulate a rapidly evolving sector as the USTR negotiates digital trade agreements.