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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.

According to

Analysis: Why say no to FTAA
19-Dec-2004     Znet
Colombia will suffer the same fate with either the FTAA or the [US] FTA, since it is clear that it is the same policy initiated in 1990, but elevated to the nth power.
Andean nations clash with US on patenting life forms
17-Nov-2004     IPS
Access to genetic resources in South America's Andean region, which holds a quarter of the planet's biodiversity, is a point of discord in the free trade agreement that the United States has been negotiating with Colombia, Ecuador and Peru since May.
From fumigation to “free trade”: US-Andean FTA chokes along
10-Nov-2004     Americas Program
The USTR's promises of increased foreign investment and market access are unlikely to materialize for the Andean countries, given the playing field at the moment.
Andean FTA hailed by US Wheat Associates
4-Nov-2004     DTN
An Andean Free Trade Agreement has the potential to provide real benefits to US wheat producers and exporters, since Ecuador, Peru and Colombia have combined annual wheat imports of three million metric tons.
US-Andean talks even worse than feared
3-Nov-2004     Colombia Week
Barring major turns, any deal emerging from the talks will be a disaster for most Colombians.
US, Andean countries fail to make progress in FTA talks
1-Nov-2004     Xinhuanet
The fifth round of negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA) between the United States and Ecuador, Colombia, and Peru ended Friday without progress in the Ecuadorian city of Guayaquil. The controversial issues were agriculture and intellectual property.
Demonstrations against Andean FTA continue
26-Oct-2004     Radiomundoreal
The Ecuadorian indigenous movement ECUARUNARI has called for a “great march” on Wednesday 27 October 2004 to protest against the negotiations carried out by Ecuador, Colombia and Peru with United States in order to sign a free Trade Agreement (FTA)
USTR outlines importance of US-Andean trade accord
4-Oct-2004     US State Department
The entry into force of a U.S. free-trade agreement with Colombia, Ecuador and Peru will open important markets for the United States, bolster the economies and counternarcotics efforts in the Andean nations, and should be concluded in a timely fashion, says Deputy U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Peter Allgeier.
Colombia top priority in Andean trade talks - U.S.
29-Sep-2004    
The United States is prepared to drop Ecuador and Peru from a proposed U.S. free- trade pact with the Andean region if investment disputes with those countries threaten a deal with Colombia, a top U.S. trade official said on Wednesday.
Ecuador: Fight with Occidental to hinder free trade agreement
27-Sep-2004    
Representatives of the Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Agriculture and the Ecuadorian-US Chamber have asked the Ecuadorian government to not transform the non-fulfillments of the US petroleum company Occidental into a political issue while it is a legal problem.