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

last update: May 2012

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Costa Rica legislators approve TLC with Korea
8-Mar-2019     Q
Negotiations for the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with South Korea was begun by the Chinchilla administration (2010-2014), completed in 2016 and now only requires the President's signature to go into force.
French firm Suez explores selling off debt claim against Argentina
27-Feb-2019     Buenos Aires Times
French waste and water group Suez SA has contacted "specialised funds" about possibly selling its debt claims to Argentina, the group announced.
“Free trade” is today’s imperialism by the 1 percent
14-Jan-2019     Truth Out
Opposition to “free” trade is clearly growing. Less clear are the alternatives to free trade that might emerge.
Abritration Court awards South American Silver $28 million for Malku Khota in Bolivia
26-Nov-2018     Mining.com
The Hague-based Permanent Court of Arbitration has awarded South American Silver $18.7 million for amounts invested and another $9 million in interest for its Malku Khota concession, which the Bolivian government revoked in 2012.
CARICOM to ‘make agriculture great again’
12-Oct-2018     Barbados Today
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is actively working with agriculture to help the industry regain its importance to the region which has been in decline over the years, Secretary General Ambassador Irwin Larocque has said.
Beef industry wants trade agreements like TPP, not tariffs, as meat sits in storage
17-Aug-2018     Parker City News
National Cattlemen’s Beef Association would much prefer the use of trade agreements like the Trans-Pacific Partnership and benefit from having rules-based, science-based trade from those free trade agreements.
BBVA starts arbitrations procedures with the ICSID on the exit from its Bolivian Pension Fund Administrator
14-Aug-2018     BBVA
BBVA has requested arbitration under the investment agreement between Spain and Bolivia with respect to the transfer of BBVA Previsión AFP (Pension Fund Administrator) to the Government of Bolivia.
US courts allies with free trade offers at G20, France resists
23-Jul-2018     Reuters
The United States sought to woo Europe and Japan with free trade deals to gain leverage in an escalating tariff war with China but its overtures faced stiff resistance from France at a G20 finance ministers meeting.
Chile president wants free-trade agreement with CARICOM
9-Jul-2018     Jamaica Observer
President of the Republic of Chile, Sebastián Piñera, has expressed interest in entering into negotiations on a free trade-agreement with the Caribbean Community.
Trump gets extended 'Fast Track' trade powers
3-Jul-2018     Washington Examiner
President Trump will retain special leverage to push trade through Congress, following the extension of the Trade Promotion Authority law for three more years.