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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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Free trade proposal splits Bolivian city
15-Mar-2005     New York Times
Under the Andean pact, dozens of Bolivian products enter the United States duty-free. That pact expires at the end of 2006. The United States now wants Bolivia to agree to a quite different kind of deal, one that would open exporters like furniture and leather-goods makers to American investment. It would also fly in the face of efforts by the Bolivian left to enact a stringent law that would expand state control over the oil and gas industry.
The Andean Free Trade Agreement Behind Plan Colombia
1-Mar-2005    
Although Colombia is the third largest recipient of U.S. financial aid after Iraq and Israel, it still remains a mystery nation to the majority of taxpayers.
Call for a citizen's popular consultation Concerning the Free Trade Agreement
23-Feb-2005     En Camino
The experience of the countries that have been put under the neoliberal policies and the FTA, the results of the economic opening imposed by the Government of President Gaviria, the process of negotiation between Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and the USA, puts in evidence that the right to democratic and popular consultation and resistance is justified.
US cites progress in Andean talks but agriculture remains sticking point
16-Feb-2005     BNA
Negotiators working on a free trade agreement between the United States and the three Andean countries of Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru made "strong advances" in the latest round of talks in a number of areas -- including market access and dispute settlement -- but still have much work to do on agriculture, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for the Americas Regina Vargo said.
FTA unbundling factor means negative impact - Colombia
13-Feb-2005     BNamericas
The soon to be signed Andean region free trade agreement (FTA) with the US will have a negative impact on the present and future development of Colombia's telecoms market if approved under the current state of negotiations.
US blackmails Bolivia for rejecting FTA
12-Feb-2005    
Bolivian parliamentary leader Santos Ramirez regarded US pressure against an oil project and for reasserting of an immunity agreement for US military troops as blackmail.
Colombian opposition urges for FTA referendum
12-Feb-2005    
Detractors of the Free Trade Agreement Marched Thursday throughout the main Colombian cities urging for a referendum to sanction or disapprove the signing of the accords.
FTA with USA can cause division among Andean Nations
10-Feb-2005     Prensa Latina
Medicine patents are threatening unity among Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru in the negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement with the United States
How much is the biodiversity of the Andes worth?
2-Feb-2005     IPS
Washington's refusal to recognise the right of Andean countries to demand compensation for the commercial use of their biological resources is standing in the way of negotiations for free trade between the United States, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.
FTA: Facing The Apocalypse?
12-Jan-2005    
The graffiti on the walls in Quito ask if the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) that the US is pushing on Colombia, Peru and Ecuador means that our days are numbered.