The government has announced that it will provide $150 million in loans to help exporters suffering from the recent expiration of trade preferences under the ATPDEA (Andean Trade Preference and Drug Eradication Act). The ATPDEA,...
U.S. Senator John McCain called for the government to restore duty-free access to the U.S. market for Colombian goods, saying that the country is an “ally,” reports Reuters. The former presidential candidate...
A senior United States Senator outlined what he believes the U.S. would lose if it does not approve a free trade agreement (FTA) with Colombia. In a report dated February 8, 2011, ranking Senator Richard G. Lugar explains that...
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and Vice President Joe Biden offered their assurances Friday that the U.S. government is committed to ratifying the free trade agreement with Colombia. Following a meeting in Washington...
Republicans in the U.S. Senate are trying to block the extension of a trade preference agreement which allows many Colombian goods to enter the country duty-free. An extension to the deal was passed by the House of...
