ISDS Case Map
Bilateral deal-making involving governments of Latin America, the US and Canada.
last update: May 2012
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Americas
Bilateral deal-making involving governments of Latin America, the US and Canada.
See also
- Americas
- ALBA / TCP
- Brazil
- Canada
- Canada-Colombia
- Canada-India
- Canada-Korea
- Chile
- Colombia
- CPTPP
- EU-CAN
- EU-Canada
- EU-Central America
- EU-Mercosur
- EU-US
- FTAA
- IBSA
- Japan-Mexico
- Mercosur
- Mexico
- North & South America
- Pacific Alliance
- Peru
- Uruguay
- US-Andean countries
- US-Australia
- US-Bahrain
- US-Chile
- US-China
- US-Colombia
- US-DR-CAFTA
- US-India
- US-Korea
- US-Malaysia
- US-Morocco
- US-Oman
- US-Panama
- US-Peru
- US-SACU
- US-Taiwan
- US-Thailand
- US-UAE
- USMCA (NAFTA)
A deeply divided Latin America, in the midst of several growing conflicts, meets with the European Union 25 leaders in the framework of the two regions' fourth summit.
A Bahamas diplomat has pointed to a special trade agreement with the United States as the inevitable move for CARICOM nations which are hoping for permission from the World Trade Organization to extend the period for which their goods could be imported into the US duty free.
Caricom and the Republic of Korea have identified seven areas of cooperation to be pursued including the promotion, expansion and diversification of trade and investment flows; and the exchange of views and information on measures to facilitate access to their respective markets, Caricom Secretary-General Edwin Carrington said.
El Salvador, the world's top coffee producer, is keen to sign a free trade agreement with Qatar.
South American nations will have to choose whether they want continental unity or individual trade agreements with the United States -- but not both, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Wednesday.
"Nobody who sat across the negotiating table from the United States came out of the talks feeling they got a fair deal," said Peter Hakim, president of the nonpartisan Inter-American Dialogue think tank in Washington. "And many feel they've been outright cheated."
The US free trade agreements "are destroying the CAN," Bolivian President Evo Morales said.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he would consider returning to the Andean Community of Nations trade bloc provided Colombia and Peru reconsider their trade agreements with the US.
Colombian authorities on the border with Venezuela have proposed Colombian President Álvaro Uribe and his Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chávez to negotiate a bilateral Free Trade Agreement in exchange for the Andean Community of Nations (CAN).
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is widely seen to be at the center of Latin America's transformation by building a regional trade bloc through the creation of ALBA and Venezuela's membership in Mercosur to oppose US dominance and its constant push for free trade agreements with Latin American governments. However, the true democratic debate has been silenced in this simplified two-sided fight between the projects of macho men.
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
