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

last update: May 2012

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U.S.-Canada Regional Economic and Energy Integration
19-Oct-2009     NAUresistance
Trilateral initiatives, such as NAFTA and the Security and Prosperity Partnership (SPP) have further advanced North American integration. It is also at a state and provincial level that regional integration is being achieved in areas of trade, the environment and energy.
Alternatives for the Americas
30-Sep-2009     Alternative Regionalisms
Alternatives for the Americas is a document of guidelines for making the process of hemispheric economic integration more inclusive, democratic, environmentally and culturally sustainable, and equitable.
Barbados - Former PM urges CARICOM to strike better deals with Canada
30-Sep-2009     Jamaica Gleaner
Former Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur has cautioned Caribbean Community (CARICOM) governments that any trade and economic agreement reached with Canada must be "better than what we got from Europe".
As China-Costa Rica trade talks push forward, so does resistance
25-Sep-2009     Tico Times
As deliberations over a possible free-trade agreement (FTA) between Costa Rica and China continue, opposition from some of Costa Rica's leading business associations is growing stronger.
CARICOM considers removing obstacles for free trade in produce
19-Sep-2009    
CARICOM Agriculture Ministers have begun their latest meeting in Georgetown, Guyana and are seemingly no closer to removing stubborn obstacles to the free trade of produce.
TT, DR need to ramp up trade
17-Sep-2009    
Business people in the Dominican Republic and Trinidad and Tobago are being urged to aggressively identify and pursue opportunities in each other’s market as the global environment becomes more challenging.
Costa Rica advances in free trade talks with China, Singapore
9-Sep-2009     Tico Times
Both accords are expected to be finalized within the first half of 2010.
Expanding the Pathways to Prosperity in the Americas
8-Sep-2009     infowars
At least in rhetoric, the PPA attempts to balance economic progress and trade initiatives with social justice. Until something is done with the flawed NAFTA model which has benefited multinational corporations at the expense of labor, health, safety and environmental rights, it will not mean a damn thing.
Brazil-Mexico: Free trade to reduce dependence
18-Aug-2009     IPS
Presidents Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva of Brazil and Felipe Calderón of Mexico agreed Monday to explore the possibility of a free trade agreement as part of a strategy to reduce their dependence on the industrialised world.
Les présidents brésilien et mexicain appellent à une alliance stratégique entre les deux pays
18-Aug-2009     Radio Chine Internationale
Le président brésilien Luiz Inacio Lula de Silva et son homologue mexicain Felipe Calderon ont appelé lundi à une alliance stratégique entre les deux pays, sur la base du libre-échange et de la coopération entre les compagnies énergétiques d'Etat Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex) et Petrobras.