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Bilateral deal-making involving governments of Latin America, the US and Canada.

last update: May 2012

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US Chamber calls for new US trade deals, China strategy
12-Jan-2022     Financial Post
The US Chamber of Commerce called on the Biden administration to pursue more international trade deals and articulate a coherent strategy to compete and cooperate with China.
Barbados - Curaçao to increase trade and investment relations
23-Dec-2021     MENAFN
Curaçao and Barbados will explore possibilities in establishing a double taxation agreement and bilateral investment treaty.
The United States has said it wants to “enhance” trade ties with Uruguay
10-Nov-2021     Lodi Valley News
The US intends to increase trade and investments through the TIFA agreement.
US – Ecuador trade deal comes into effect
26-Aug-2021     The Pig Site
The US Trade Representative (USTR) has announced that a mini trade deal between the US and Ecuador, originally signed in December 2020, has come into effect.
Lasso will meet with López Obrador in Mexico to request the entry of Ecuador to the Pacific Alliance
24-Aug-2021     Market Research Telecast
Ecuador will propose the free trade agreement with Mexico, with the purpose that, in the shortest possible time, Ecuador can enter the Pacific Alliance
New Ecuadorian government teams up with powerful international lobbies to rejoin investment treaties prohibited by the constitution
15-Jul-2021     Institute for New Economic Thinking
Investor-state dispute settlement (ISDS) allow foreign capitalists to run roughshod over the rights of Ecuadorians.
The Government of Ecuador wants to negotiate a free trade agreement with the United States
15-Jul-2021     Market Research Telecast
Ecuador wants to negotiate a free trade agreement with the United States, its main trading partner, as its neighbors Colombia and Peru have already done.
Decades of trade deals brought only slight benefit to US economy, commission says
30-Jun-2021     Politico
The conclusions of the study, commissioned by Congress, could lead to a dry period for new trade pacts.
Biden’s fast-track trade authority is set to expire this week
29-Jun-2021     Bloomberg
President Joe Biden is about to lose one of his main tools for getting trade agreements passed in Congress, dimming the outlook for deals already in the works with UK and Kenya.
Peru, Nicaragua begin free trade agreement negotiations
11-May-2021     Xinhua
Peru and Nicaragua began the first round of negotiations to form a free trade agreement.