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

last update: May 2012

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Free trade deal with Canada a priority for Dominican Republic's new ambassador
18-Oct-2007     Embassy Magazine
"We have more and bigger FTAs than anyone in region."
Bush tries to build support for Latam trade deals
12-Oct-2007     Reuters
Bush urged Congress on Friday to approve free-trade agreements with Peru, Panama and Colombia "as soon as possible," saying failure to do so would diminish US leadership in the hemisphere.
Venezuela mulls return to CAN
8-Oct-2007     Forbes
President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Venezuela may return to the Andean Community, or CAN, because leftist leaders in Bolivia and Ecuador who have resisted free trade deals with the United States could help to transform the regional trade bloc.
More than a dilemma, the trilemma of globalizacion
5-Oct-2007     Alainet
While the defenders of conventional globalization proclaim its benefits, economic as much as political, in Latin America the conflicts generated by openness to trade and international finance are mounting concerning democracy and national autonomy.
El Salvador approves FTA with Taiwan
27-Aug-2007     Taipei Times
Under the FTA, El Salvador could export up to 60,000 tonnes of sugar tariff-free to Taiwan each year
Vying for leadership, Lula heads north, Chávez south
10-Aug-2007     IPS
Political and economic alliances with a view to strengthening Latin American integration are subtly shifting with a growing distance between Chávez and Lula
Colombia inks Central America trade pact
10-Aug-2007     Houston Chronicle
Colombia signed a free trade agreement Thursday with Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador that could double exports to the Central American countries in five years.
CARICOM, CentAm to discuss free trade agreement
7-Aug-2007     New Kerala
Countries from Central America and the Caribbean will come together to discuss a free trade agreement
El Salvador to sign FTA with three countries
6-Aug-2007     People's Daily
El Salvador's President Elias Antonio Saca will travel this coming week to Colombia to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras
On free trade, Democrats and Bush can't even agree on facts
24-Jul-2007    
Free-trade agreements can create new opportunities for consumers and exporters, but making them law isn't always easy.