Americas


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

last update: May 2012

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Understanding digital services taxes
The US has raised a dispute about the imposition of this tax under “nondiscrimination” provisions of the US-Mexico-Canada Free Trade Agreement, alleging that these taxes are targeted at US companies.
Map: Big Tech’s targets in Trump’s secret tariff negotiations
A new analysis maps the wide array of policies around the world on data privacy, AI accountability, digital taxes, and anti-monopoly laws that Big Tech industry lobbyists have urged US trade negotiators to target.
Trump administration must choose between Big Tech and US sovereignty as industry seeks to weaponize trade policy to attack data security, privacy policies in other nations that US has also adopted
Congress and federal agencies and US states have adopted the same sorts of data security and privacy policies that Big Tech lobbyists are pushing President Trump to attack as the “illegal trade barriers.”
The tech lobbying is coming from inside the house
Emails from the US trade representative’s office show a cozy relationship with Amazon, Google, and Facebook.
US and Ecuador: A trade agreement nears
The United States and Ecuador have announced advancements in their trade agreement and tariff discussions.
Battling for farmers' seed systems: UPOV 91 and trade agreements
A IATP report on on how the U.S. and its seeds companies use free trade agreements to undermine the policy space available for farmers to save, use, exchange, and sell farm-saved seeds.
Mounting corporate pressure on Honduras threatens community rights
New data on foreign arbitration claims in Honduras reveal that the lawsuits filed by corporations against the country now total $19.4 billion in legal claims, equivalent to roughly 53% of Honduras’ GDP in 2024.
Trump announces trade agreement with the Philippines and terms of deal with Indonesia
President Donald Trump said he and President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. of the Philippines have reached a trade agreement. Shortly after, he also revealed more detailed terms of an agreement with Indonesia.
Trump’s bizarre, authoritarian, Big Tech-friendly tariffs on Brazil
Trump’s actions are not motivated by any real economic or legal factors, but are instead about pushing his authoritarian agenda and doling out favors to Big Tech companies and other corporate cronies.
Trump threatens extra tariffs on BRICS-aligned countries
President Trump said nations that support the group’s “Anti-American policies” would face an additional 10 percent tariff. He did not elaborate.

Referenced sites

Trrade for People and Planet

We want trade deals to be democratic, to benefit working people and the environment. We need to revolutionize the trade model and create a new global economy...

US-Japan Business Council

USJBC has been pushing for a US-Japan FTA

US State Department Office of Bilateral Trade Affairs

The Office of Bilateral Trade Affairs ensures that the overall foreign policy goals of the U.S. Government are factored into the development of U.S. bilatera...

USTR National Trade Estimate Report

Annual assessment of obstacles to US trade interests in foreign countries