Americas


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

last update: May 2012

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US wheat and Brazilian fresh beef included in agriculture talks in Washington
Brazil is considering granting an import quota of 750,000 metric tons of US wheat per year without tariffs in exchange for other trade concessions, according to Brazilian officials.
Venezuela's Guaido to appeal $8.75 billion ConocoPhillips award
Venezuela’s opposition leader and self-proclaimed president Juan Guaido plans to appeal a $8.75 billion award issued to ConocoPhillips by the World Bank’s arbitration tribunal last week.
El Salvador top court suspends scrapping of Taiwan trade accord
El Salvador’s highest court temporarily suspended the cancellation of a free trade pact with Taiwan.
Venezuela must pay Conoco over $8 billion: World Bank
Venezuela must pay ConocoPhillips more than $8 billion to compensate for the 2007 expropriation of oil assets by the country’s late socialist leader Hugo Chavez, the World Bank ruled.
Costa Rica legislators approve TLC with Korea
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
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
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
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’
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
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.

Referenced sites

Americans For Free Trade

A broad coalition of American businesses, trade organizations, and workers united against tariffs.

Americas Policy Program

The Americas Program of the Center for International Policy is a leading source of information for activists, academics and citizens concerned about US forei...

Bloque Verde

No hay ambiente para el TLC en Costa Rica

Citizens Trade Campaign - Bilateral Agreements

The Citizens Trade Campaign is a US coalition of environmental, labor, consumer, family farm, religious, and other civil society groups founded in 1992 durin...

Consejo de Investigaciones e Información en Desarrollo -CIID -

Institución que impulsa el desarrollo de Guatemala y Centroamérica, a través de la investigación y la promoción de programas de desarrollo

Costa Rica Solidaria - NO al TLC

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GMA

The Grocery Manufacturers of America is a major lobby group on US FTAs

LATN

The Latin American Trade Network is an independent and interdisciplinary research network

Movimiento Cultura frente al TLC

El Movimiento Cultura frente al TLC es un colectivo de artistas que viaja por las comunidades llevando música, teatro, poesía, danza, pintura y talleres, inf...

NFTC

The National Foreign Trade Council is a US business organisation lobbying the US government on its foreign trade policy