The United States Senate took a major step towards passing the free trade agreement (FTA) with Colombia Thursday by approving a federal program called the Trade Adjustment Act (TAA), a controversial pro-labor action plan...
Twelve Republican U.S. senators say they will not block the Trade Adjustment Assistance program (TAA), the controversial bill holding up the ratification of the free trade agreements with Colombia, Panama and South Korea,...
Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos thanked the U.S. Congress for agreeing to move forward discussions about the bilateral free trade agreement (FTA) on Tuesday. “I thank the North American Congress, the Senator [Max]...
The Republicans are deliberating over Obama’s FTA ultimatum regarding the TAA worker training extension, with a conservative lobby group labelling the TAA “wasteful and unnecessary,” as it continues to delay...
The Obama administration will postpone the final passage of the U.S.-Colombian free trade agreement unless an assistance program for U.S. workers is renewed. Official aides said that they were willing to delay free trade...
