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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 to Start Trade Talks With Korea, Colombia in 2012
24-Apr-2012    
Costa Rica plans to start negotiating free trade agreements with South Korea and Colombia this year and complete an accord with members of the European Free Trade Area by October, the country’s trade minister said.
Case note: How Chevron v. Ecuador is pushing the boundaries of arbitral authority
13-Apr-2012     IISD
The arbitral tribunal in Chevron v. Ecuador has taken a series of steps in recent months suggesting that it has a broad view of its authority.
US suspends Argentina from trade preference scheme
29-Mar-2012     ICTSD
Trade frictions are on the rise between Washington and Buenos Aires, after US President Barack Obama announced that the US would be suspending Argentina from its Generalised System of Preferences programme for failure to pay arbitration awards in two disputes involving US investors.
Colombian foreign minister voices optimism over inking bilateral EPA
2-Mar-2012     Japan Times
The foreign minister was in Japan to attend a joint study on a bilateral EPA, which President Santos and Prime Minister Noda agreed on launching last September.
Mexico, CentAm to sign single FTA
23-Nov-2011     Prensa Latina
Mexico and the five countries in Central America (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua) are expected to sign a Single Free Trade Agreement on Nov. 22, El Salvador's Ministry of Economy announced.
Ecuador, ¿verdaderamente libre de transgénicos?
18-Nov-2011     Pandemic of Lies: The Exile
En el Ecuador la entrada de productos de soya provenientes de países donde casi la totalidad de los sembríos de dicha leguminosa es transgénica crea serias sospechas de que se estuviera infringiendo el Art. 401 de la Constitución 2008 que declara al país “libre de cultivos y semillas transgénicas”.
Chavez and ALBA
21-Sep-2011     La Hora
Venezuelans and Latin Americans have to acknowledge that Fidel and Chavez devised, created and forged the Bolivarian Alliance for the People of Our America/The Trade Treaty for Our People.
Costa Rica, Jamaica move forward on trade deal
22-Aug-2011     Inside Costa Rica
Jamaica and Costa Rica are attempting to press forward with the formal implementation of a seven-year-old-free trade agreement signed in 2004 between Costa Rica and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
UNASUR protects the region against the international crisis
20-Aug-2011     Minga Informativa de Movimientos Sociales
The Union of South American Nations resolved today to put in place a six-point Plan of Action to protect the region from the international crisis that is shaking Europe and the United States.
Gov't to Fully Implement Free Trade Agreement with Costa Rica
13-Aug-2011    
The Government has signaled its intention to sign off on the full implementation of the CARICOM/Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement soon.