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

last update: May 2012

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Barbados: RNM conducting study on FTA
7-Mar-2006    
The Barbados-based Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM) says it is conducting a study to inform Caribbean Community (CARICOM) states of the merits of negotiating a Free Trade Area (FTA) with the United States.
Panama to relaunch FTA with CentAm
7-Mar-2006    
The Central American Integration System (SICA) Special Meeting of Heads of State or Government will allow Panama to relaunch negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with the area, official sources said.
Free-trade agenda has new momentum
7-Mar-2006    
Surprise! Last week's completion of U.S. free trade talks with Colombia - and the likely signing of similar deals with Ecuador and Panama in coming weeks - may mean that U.S. plans to create a hemisphere-wide free-trade area may not be dead after all.
Trinidad and Tobago to sign investment treaty with Germany
15-Feb-2006     Caribbean Net News
Last week, representatives from both governments met in Port of Spain to conclude the negotiations for a bilateral treaty for the encouragement and mutual promotion of investments.
Haiti could return to CARICOM
11-Feb-2006    
HAITI CAN return as a member of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) after its elections, says Prime Minister P.J. Patterson.
US wants free trade agreement with Mercosur: diplomat
7-Feb-2006     Xinhua
The United States is seeking a free trade agreement with the Common Market of the South (Mercosur), Latin America's largest trading bloc, according to a top US diplomat.
USTR mulls FTA talks with Egypt, S Korea, Malaysia, Swiss
9-Jan-2006    
The Bush administration is considering free-trade negotiations with Egypt, South Korea, Malaysia, and Switzerland, the US Trade Representative's top agriculture trade negotiator said Monday.
Guatemala to strengthen Mercosur ties
4-Jan-2006     AP
Guatemala's government - annoyed by the delay in CAFTA's implementation and the U.S. House of Representative's approval of a wall to keep out illegal immigrants - announced Tuesday it would seek to strengthen its relations with the Mercosur trading bloc.
Caribbean welcomes single market
3-Jan-2006     Aljazeera
Six nations - Jamaica, Barbados, Belize, Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago - became the first full members of the Caribbean Single Market Economy as the treaty went into effect on 1 January.
Investment agreement signed with Switzerland
1-Jan-2006     Stabroek News
Guyana and the Swiss Confederation recently signed a Bilateral Investment Treaty which will facilitate an increase in Swiss investments in the local economy.