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

last update: May 2012

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What South Korea can teach Colombia about FTAs
23-Feb-2011     Colombia Reports
While South Korea seeks to further its development by selling to Colombia its industrial goods, Colombia’s elite pretend to develop the country by selling coal, oil, coffee and flowers (and probably farmland, which, thanks to the paramilitaries, they own) to South Korea, says Colombia Reports
Mexico: Avocado producers opposing the FTA with Peru and Brazil
3-Feb-2011     Fresh Plaza
Due to the risk to cultivation health that it represents, producers and packagers who export the Michoacán avocado oppose this fruit being included in the free trade agreements which Mexico will sign with Peru and Brazil.
El Salvador to concrete six trade agreements in 2011
31-Dec-2010     Inside Costa Rica
The government of El Salvador aims to concrete in 2011 trade agreements with Canada, Cuba, Mexico, Peru, the European Union (EU) and the countries of the Pacific Rim.
North American Integration Back on the Front Burner
28-Dec-2010     BeYourOwnLeader
In the last year, the U.S. has channelled many of the the Security and Prosperity Partnership's (SPP) trilateral negotiations to parallel bilateral discussions with both Canada and Mexico. Recent reports of a Canada-U.S. security and trade agreement has once again highlighted the whole process of deep continental integration. The U.S. is formulating a strategy with the aim of implementing a North American security perimeter.
Peru, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador discuss progress of free trade area initiative
27-Dec-2010     Andina
Trade ministers of Peru, Chile, Colombia and Ecuador will meet next month to monitor progress of Peru’s initiative to create a free trade area between the four Pacific nations
Panama begins campaign for free trade with EFTA
28-Nov-2010     Xinhua
Panama's Trade and Industry Minister Roberto Enriquez announced on Friday that Panama will begin campaigning for a free trade agreement with the European Free Trade Association (EFTA) nations.
Big trade opportunity for Mexico and Brazil
23-Nov-2010     FT
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.
Trade deal with Singapore to open door to APEC
23-Nov-2010     Colombia Reports
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.
Colombian Senate approves investment agreement with China
27-Oct-2010     Xinhua
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.
Landlocked Bolivia eyes port after deal with Peru
20-Oct-2010     Reuters
"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.