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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

Peru-EU FTA to come into effect January 2012
19-Jan-2011     Andina
The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Peru and the European Union may come into force in January 2012, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Tourism (Mincetur) announced Tuesday.
MEPs protest FTA with Colombia
9-Dec-2010     Colombia Reports
Members of the European Parliament say that the EU's free trade agreement with Colombia should not be approved as there has been little progress on human rights in the Andean nation, reports ABC.
The Second Conquest: The EU free trade agreement with Colombia and Peru
25-Oct-2010     TNI
This FDCL/TNI publication contains an overview of the FTA’s history, of human rights violations in Colombia and Peru as well as a critical analysis of the draft agreement which recently leaked to the public.
Stop the shameful EU-Colombia Free Trade Agreement
21-Jun-2010     éirígí Sligeach
Already this year, more than 30 union activists have been murdered.
'EU trade deal could take 1.5 years to pass'
20-Jun-2010     Colombia Reports
Colombia's free trade agreement with the European Union could take one and a half years to be ratified by the European parliament, according to the EU's Deputy Director for External Relations.
Banana growers in Ecuador fear for their future
15-Jun-2010     BBC
Everyone is watching closely for the results of a visit by an EU delegation to Quito on 14-16 June.
Dairy industry to protest Colombia-EU FTA signing
19-May-2010     Colombia Reports
Colombian dairy farmers from across the country will launch a last-ditch round of protests on Wednesday to oppose the signing of the Andean nation's free trade agreement (FTA) with the European Union
Latin America-European Union trade union declaration discussed with Spanish government
18-May-2010     ITUC
Trade unions from Latin America, the Caribbean and the European Union call for a halt to the ratification of the EU-Central America and EU-Colombia/Peru Free Trade Agreements (FTA) given the omission of key trade union demands and the lack of involvement of civil society and trade unions in the negotiations process.
EU-Colombia Free Trade Agreement: TUC analysis of the draft text
18-May-2010     TUC
The TUC supports trade agreements that promote decent work, but opposes the current EU negotiations with Colombia for a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on principle. More trade unionists get murdered in Colombia than the rest of the world combined and the Colombian Government is failing to prevent this.
Notes on the Association Agreements with the European Union
17-May-2010    
The EU proposes that the parties be empowered to collaborate on the practical implementation of domestic rules regulating access to genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge, innovations, and practices on their territories, so as to guarantee compliance with those provisions. This is a case of interference with national sovereignty, unquestionably for the benefit of European pharmaceutical corporations.