Colombia Reports

The U.S. 2010 Trade Policy Agenda cautions that the Colombia free trade agreement will not be voted on in U.S. Congress until Colombia does more to address labor abuses.

"We have begun working with Colombia to assess and improve the labor code and the measures to address violence against labor union officials, to ensure that union rights in that country can be fully and freely exercised," the report says, adding, "the Administration worked to identify what further steps Colombia’s government needs to take to ensure that workers’ fundamental labor rights are protected in law and practice."

The report states that resolving pending agreements with Colombia, Panama and Korea is a key part of U.S. trade commitments in 2010.

President Uribe, who met with Secretary of State Hilary Clinton while they were both in Uruguay, said that they discussed the passage of the U.S.-Colombia trade deal and that he felt confident it would soon be approved.

The treaty was signed by the U.S. and Colombia in 2006. It has not yet been ratified by U.S. Congress, due to concerns about labor rights, and human rights in general, in Colombia.

Comments (3)

David L. Roberson said:

... I am an American living in Colombia and one thing the United States needs to do is monitor companies from the United States more who come to Colombia and other countries. I am currently in a lawsuit with a so called American based call center called MPRS. They do not want to pay me the money they owe me from when I was there. a direct quot from one of the so called owners was we take care of Americans, yes the way they take care of Americans is pay them 800,000 pesos then try to screw them when they leave. Wake up American watch companies like this. That is why they are here and not iin the United States because they can not do the things in the United States that they can try to do here. will let you know once I win my money from this so called company. Colombians do not work for them

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March 01, 2010
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progresivo said:

	... Lukewarm is quite an overstatement, bitterly cold would be more appropiate !!
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March 01, 2010
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tomtom33 said:

	... Bitterly cold among those in the camp of organized labor. Not so cold elsewhere. And remember that organized labor seems to be going the way of the dodo bird and printed newspapers.
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March 01, 2010
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