Americas


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

last update: May 2012

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The false dilemma between protectionism and free trade
The tariff policy of Donald Trump's second term as president of the United States represents a reconfiguration of global trade and poses serious challenges for movements against free trade agreements worldwide.
Guatemala found liable for not protecting hydroelectric project from violent protests
Earlier this year, a split ICSID Tribunal found Guatemala liable to pay USD 68.5 million in damages plus interest to Panamanian company Energia y Renovación Holding.
US pushes nations facing tariffs to approve Musk’s Starlink, cables show
Some countries have turned to the satellite internet firm in conjunction with trade talks, State Department staffers wrote. The US has a strategic interest in countering Chinese internet providers, but Musk’s role complicates the picture.
Minister Bessant said, "Korea, Japan, the UK, India, and Australia are negotiated first"
Minister Bessant said, "The country that agrees first is advantageous," and "Trump directly participates in the most important trading partners. Korea, Japan, the UK, India, and Australia are negotiated first."
Argentina pursues trade deal in Washington as Trump tariffs loom
Argentina's foreign minister will meet US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in a trip aimed at laying the initial groundwork for a trade deal between the two nations.
Conflicts of interest and sovereignty at stake: The Ecuador-Canada FTA
Ecuador's free trade agreement with Canada presents a glaring conflict of interest for President Noboa, whose family, one of Ecuador’s wealthiest, has a sizable financial stake in a Canada-based mining company.
Ecuador pitches US military base and free trade deal to Trump allies, sources say
Ecuadorean officials have told allies of U.S. President Donald Trump that they are interested in hosting a US military base in the South American country and in inking a free trade deal with the US.
Trump and trade policy. Elements for analysis.
The Platform, together with Latindadd, held a virtual meeting aimed at providing elements for analysing the new global economic situation brought about by the return to power of US President Donald Trump.
Meat Institute asks USTR to remove non-tariff trade barriers
The Meat Institute is calling for the removal of non-tariff barriers to trade and for access to new markets for meat and poultry products.
I was tear-gassed protesting free trade. Can I now say, “I told you so”?
A quarter century ago, I was tear-gassed protesting free trade. Now that Trump’s tariffs may signal the beginning of the end of globalization, do I get to say, “I told you so?”

Referenced sites

Americans For Free Trade

A broad coalition of American businesses, trade organizations, and workers united against tariffs.

Americas Policy Program

The Americas Program of the Center for International Policy is a leading source of information for activists, academics and citizens concerned about US forei...

Bloque Verde

No hay ambiente para el TLC en Costa Rica

Citizens Trade Campaign - Bilateral Agreements

The Citizens Trade Campaign is a US coalition of environmental, labor, consumer, family farm, religious, and other civil society groups founded in 1992 durin...

Consejo de Investigaciones e Información en Desarrollo -CIID -

Institución que impulsa el desarrollo de Guatemala y Centroamérica, a través de la investigación y la promoción de programas de desarrollo

Costa Rica Solidaria - NO al TLC

Esta semana lo más relevante de nuestra lucha

GMA

The Grocery Manufacturers of America is a major lobby group on US FTAs

LATN

The Latin American Trade Network is an independent and interdisciplinary research network

Movimiento Cultura frente al TLC

El Movimiento Cultura frente al TLC es un colectivo de artistas que viaja por las comunidades llevando música, teatro, poesía, danza, pintura y talleres, inf...

NFTC

The National Foreign Trade Council is a US business organisation lobbying the US government on its foreign trade policy