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

last update: May 2012

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Peru president proposes a Pacific Rim integration for South America
20-Oct-2010     LIP
Yesterday, Peruvian President Alan García said he wrote letters to the presidents of Panama, Chile, Colombia and Ecuador, proposing the regional integration of the five Pacific rim countries.
Costa Rica-China free trade agreement approved for final review
8-Oct-2010     Tico Times
Costa Rica's Foreign Trade Ministry (COMEX) and the legislature's Special Permanent Committee agreed Thursday morning to recommend approval of the free-trade agreement with China.
Ecuador Assembly agrees to end international investment pacts
16-Sep-2010     Dow Jones
Ecuador's National Assembly has approved a government request to end bilateral investment promotion and protection agreements with Germany, the UK and Northern Ireland. Those with Finland, Sweden, Canada, China, the Netherlands, France, Argentina, Chile, Venezuela and the US may be next.
Organizations launch a campaign against Bilateral Investment Treaties
25-Aug-2010     Enlazando Alternativas
Various organizations and social networks in Latin America launched a Continental Campaign against bilateral investment treaties and the International Centre for the Settlement of Investment Disputes.
Colombia, Venezuela to negotiate free trade
16-Aug-2010     Buenos Aires Herald
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos unveiled that during the meeting he had with his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chávez they agreed to continue with the creation of a judicial frame to allow free commerce between both countries.
Colombia-Panama trade talks move forward
11-Aug-2010     Colombia Reports
Colombia and Panama have made good progress in the third round of their bilateral negotiations for a free trade agreement, and a fourth round of talks may be held to seal the FTA deal.
Plata says Colombia to sign investment treaty with Japan
2-Jul-2010     Bloomberg
Colombia's Trade Minister Luis Guillermo Plata says the pact with Japan may be signed "in the next couple of weeks" and he will visit South Korea to sign another treaty,
CARICOM Says Speed Up CSME Process
17-Jun-2010    
A meeting of regional private sector officials has ended in Grenada with a call for Caricom to speed-up the rate at which free movement of goods and services are implemented.
Bolivia abandons trade agreement
7-Jun-2010     Poder 360º
Beginning June 7, Bolivia will terminate its free trade agreement with Mexico which has existed since 1994. No reason was given for why the Andean nation is taking this step.
Panama, Canada To Sign Free Trade Agreement
9-May-2010     Inside Costa Rica
Panama's Commerce and Industry Minister Roberto Henriquez will fly to Toronto, Canada, to sign on May 14 a free trade agreement.