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EU-CAN

The European Union and the Andean Community (Comunidad Andina de Naciones or CAN) have been working towards a bilateral trade and investment pact since 1993, when they first signed a Framework Cooperation Agreement. In Rome in 2003, ten years later, they signed a joint commitment to formally enter into an Association Agreement, “including a Free Trade Agreement (FTA).” This was reaffirmed at the highest political level in Guadalajara in 2004. In May 2006, both sides agreed to initiate the negotiating process as soon as possible. The Andean Community is composed of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru. (Venezuela withdrew in 2006.)

In April 2007, the EU adopted its negotiating mandate for the process. The draft is available

Ecuador seeks to restart trade agreement talks with Europe
14-Feb-2012     Bloomberg
Ecuador is seeking an “affirmative response” from the European Union to restart trade talks stalled since the government of South America’s seventh-biggest economy stopped negotiations in 2009.
The mixed nature of the agreement: a question of democracy
13-Oct-2011     RECALCA
The start of the approval process for the European Union’s Multiparty Agreement with Colombia and Peru has reignited the debate about the mixed nature of the agreement.
An agreement to be resisted
10-Oct-2011     Morning Star
The US Republican-dominated Congress appears likely to approve the agreement, which makes it more vital than ever to press MEPs not to ratify the EU-Colombia FTA.
Colombia-EU-Peru trade pact approved by commissioners
23-Sep-2011     Colombia Reports
The European Commission has approved the European Union's free trade agreement with Colombia and Peru, international media reported.
Colombian minister in France to push EU trade deal
6-Apr-2011     Colombia Reports
Colombia's social protection minister has met with members of the European Parliament to explain his country's advances in human rights issues as it pertains to the pending free trade agreement between Colombia and the EU, newspaper El Espectador reported Tuesday.
Colombia and Peru closer to implementing the free trade agreement with the EU
28-Mar-2011     MercoPress
Negotiators from the European Union, Colombia and Peru have signed the final texts on an association agreement with a free trade chapter designed to increase commerce between the Andean countries and the European bloc, it was reported Friday.
Negotiators initial trade agreement between the EU, Colombia and Peru.
27-Mar-2011     EC
The initialling will be followed by the process of translation, signature and adoption of this agreement so that it can enter into force as soon as possible for all parties.
NGOs urge EU to strike down Colombia trade deal
19-Mar-2011     Colombia Reports
More than 200 non-governmental organizations sign a manifesto calling on the European Union to strike down its free trade agreement with Colombia, EFE reported Wednesday.
Peru, EU to sign FTA final documents in mid-March
8-Mar-2011     Andina
Peru and the European Union will sign the final documents of the bilateral Free Trade Agreement (FTA) in mid-March, Trade and Tourism Minister Eduardo Ferreyros said Sunday.
Peru-EU FTA legal review to conclude on Friday
3-Feb-2011     Andina
Once the text is finalised, the Peruvian Chancellery is in charge of determining whether the FTA should be ratified by Congress or the Executive, while the EU will determine whether the agreement is “mixed” or not, reports Agencia Andina.