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US-Andean countries


In May 2004, the US began negotiations with Colombia, Ecuador and Peru to reach some form of FTA with the three Andean countries -- and later, if US plans worked out, Bolivia as well.

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Ecuadorean Indigenous vs. FTA
18-Nov-2005     Prensa Latina
Members of the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE, in Spanish) are once more staging protests this Thursday to reject the signature of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with United States.
Andean Nations seek US patent protection for native medicines
18-Nov-2005     Bloomberg
Colombia, Ecuador and Peru are turning the tables on U.S. trade negotiators accustomed to winning tough safeguards for drug patents by demanding similar protections for traditional therapies such as roots and leaves.
Peruvian farmers buck FTA with US
10-Nov-2005     Prensa Latina
Two important Peruvian agricultural organizations march Wednesday against president Alejandro Toledo's negotiations for a free trade agreement with the US.
Despite FTAA defeat at Americas Summit, free trade to be imposed on Colombians
8-Nov-2005     Colombia Journal
In the aftermath of the U.S. failure in Argentina, the Bush administration continues to work for bilateral or sub-regional free trade agreements throughout the Americas.
It's US or us for Andean Pact partners says Venezuelan Trade Minister
30-Oct-2005     Daily Journal
An apparently chance remark by a junior trade minister appears to have put Venezuela's Foreign Minister Alí Rodríguez Araque on something of a spot.
Colombian farmers question FTA with US
29-Oct-2005     Prensa Latina
Rafael Mejia, president of the Colombian Association of Farmers (SAC), asserted his entity would not support a free trade agreement (FTA) with the US if farmers do not benefit from it.
Venezuela to revise undertakings with countries signatories of FTA
27-Oct-2005     El Universal
Minister of Integration and Foreign Trade Gustavo Márquez declared Tuesday that in the event that the parties to the Andean Community decide to sign a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States, Venezuela will have to revise trade arrangements with those nations.
Colombian Attorney red flags FTA
26-Oct-2005     Prensa Latina
Attorney General Edgardo Maya admonished the government Tuesday that an ill-fated signing of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the US would result in negative effects for Colombia.
Ecuador hesitant over FTA with US
25-Oct-2005     Prensa Latina
Chief Ecuadorian negotiator for the Free Trade Treaty with the US, Manuel Chiriboga, affirmed in a press conference Monday that the next negotiation round will determine whether or not it goes into effect in November.
Colombian communities in uproar over FTA
13-Oct-2005     Prensa Latina
Thousands of Colombians go on a national community protest against the US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) and possible reelection of President Alvaro Uribe.