Americas


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

last update: May 2012

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El Salvador: Talks to enable FTA with Canada to be finalized
Rigoberto Monge, the economic advisor of the Salvadoran Industrial Association (ASI), reported that El Salvador and Canada are finalizing a free trade agreement.
Rangel introduces Free Trade with Cuba Act
"We have a ready-made market in Cuba, just 90 miles off our coast" say US congressmen backing the move.
Panamanians reiterate their desire to be part of Alba
The tenth anniversary of the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of Our America was commemorated by Panamanians who aspire to participate in this project for economic, social and cultural integration, which seeks to improve quality of life for its people.
Ecuador in a hurry to seal trade pact with Japan - minister
Ecuador's Foreign Trade Minister Francisco Rivadeneira hopes to begin negotiations on a free trade agreement with Japan as soon as possible, he told Efe in an interview on Thursday.
Will Honduras's new trade deal with Canada spur economic growth?
Contrary to what Canadian trade chief Ed Fast says, rising levels of trade have not led to increased prosperity in Honduras.
UNASUR dispute settlement centre will start operating in 2015
Next year, the South American Union of Nations (UNASUR) dispute settlement centre will start operating, announced the UNASUR Secretary General
UNASUR representatives analyse the Agreement Establishing the Centre for Investment Dispute Settlement 
The 11th meeting of the UNASUR Working group of highly qualified experts on investment dispute settlement took place in Quito from 23-26 September at the Ministry for External Affairs and Human Mobility.
Latin America reacts to Israel’s massacre in Gaza
Latin American countries are now moving to sever diplomatic ties with the settler-colonial state — as some have done in the past — and Chile has already suspended its existing free trade agreements.
The Alba Fair hosts Venezuela Exporta in Cochabamba
Alvaro Garcia Linera, the vice president of Bolivia, was entrusted with inaugurating in Cochabamba, the Fair of Industrial Complementarity of the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of Our America – a Trade Treaty for the People (Alba – TCP)
Costa Rica rounds out free trade agreements with Europe
The Legislative Assembly has approved a bill sealing a free trade agreement with EFTA, a group of non-EU countries including Lichtenstein, Iceland, Norway and Switzerland.

Referenced sites

Trrade for People and Planet

We want trade deals to be democratic, to benefit working people and the environment. We need to revolutionize the trade model and create a new global economy...

US-Japan Business Council

USJBC has been pushing for a US-Japan FTA

US State Department Office of Bilateral Trade Affairs

The Office of Bilateral Trade Affairs ensures that the overall foreign policy goals of the U.S. Government are factored into the development of U.S. bilatera...

USTR National Trade Estimate Report

Annual assessment of obstacles to US trade interests in foreign countries