Americas


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

last update: May 2012

Photo: rabble / CC BY-SA 2.0


Plata says Colombia to sign investment treaty with Japan
Colombia's Trade Minister Luis Guillermo Plata says the pact with Japan may be signed "in the next couple of weeks" and he will visit South Korea to sign another treaty,
CARICOM Says Speed Up CSME Process
A meeting of regional private sector officials has ended in Grenada with a call for Caricom to speed-up the rate at which free movement of goods and services are implemented.
Bolivia abandons trade agreement
Beginning June 7, Bolivia will terminate its free trade agreement with Mexico which has existed since 1994. No reason was given for why the Andean nation is taking this step.
Panama, Canada To Sign Free Trade Agreement
Panama's Commerce and Industry Minister Roberto Henriquez will fly to Toronto, Canada, to sign on May 14 a free trade agreement.
Agricultural body raises concern about new CARICOM-Canada agreement
The Barbados Agricultural Society is closely watching the ongoing negotiations for the new Canada-CARICOM trade and development agreement, as it is concerned about the potential devastating impact that such an agreement can have on the regional and local pork industries.
Colombia, Mexico sign agreements on deepening FTA project
Colombia and Mexico agreed on Thursday to move ahead on the consolidation of a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) project to boost trade between the two countries.
Colombia and Panama begin trade talks
Panama and Colombia will officially begin negotiations Monday over the terms of a proposed free trade agreement (FTA) planned for later this year.
Colombia to begin free trade talks with Panama as exports fall
The talks come as Colombia faces a plunge in exports to neighboring Venezuela after President Hugo Chavez pledged last year to end imports from the Andean country in response to a deal that allows U.S. armed forces greater access to Colombian military bases.
Costa Rica, China reach preliminary free-trade accord
Critics, including the Costa Rican Chamber of Industries, say the agreement will flood the local market with low-quality imports, increase risks for consumers and force Costa Ricans into the informal sector to compete with Chinese producers.
Costa Rica-China trade deal
Costa Rica said on Monday it was on the verge of reaching a free trade deal with China as the Central American nation and the fast-growing Asian economy held talks.

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