ISDS Case Map
Bilateral deal-making involving governments of Latin America, the US and Canada.
last update: May 2012
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Americas
Bilateral deal-making involving governments of Latin America, the US and Canada.
See also
- Americas
- ALBA / TCP
- Brazil
- Canada
- Canada-Colombia
- Canada-India
- Canada-Korea
- Chile
- Colombia
- CPTPP
- EU-CAN
- EU-Canada
- EU-Central America
- EU-Mercosur
- EU-US
- FTAA
- IBSA
- Japan-Mexico
- Mercosur
- Mexico
- North & South America
- Pacific Alliance
- Peru
- Uruguay
- US-Andean countries
- US-Australia
- US-Bahrain
- US-Chile
- US-China
- US-Colombia
- US-DR-CAFTA
- US-India
- US-Korea
- US-Malaysia
- US-Morocco
- US-Oman
- US-Panama
- US-Peru
- US-SACU
- US-Taiwan
- US-Thailand
- US-UAE
- USMCA (NAFTA)
Experts say a deal with Mexico could provide important access for Brazilian products to the US and Canadian markets through the North American Free Trade Agreement.
Colombia’s trade minister told business newspaper La Republica that recently-started talks on initiating a free trade agreement with Singapore could clear the path to Colombia's membership of the APEC Pacific Rim trading bloc.
Colombia's Senate Tuesday approved in a first reading an agreement under which China and Colombia will promote and protect their investments in each other's countries.
"This [deal] opens the door for Bolivians to have an international port, to the use of the ocean for global trade and for Bolivian products to have better access to global markets," Evo Morales said after signing the agreement.
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'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'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.
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.
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 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.
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
