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Market of the Month / Colombia
07/24/08 - Keeping Promises Among Partners
07/18/08 - Charting Colombia Progress Organization
02/05/08 - President Bush Discusses Economy, Trade
10/04/08 - Statement by Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice - Colombia Free Trade Agreement
09/04/08 - Press Briefing from the White House / FTA
07/04/08 - Remarks by the President on the Colombia Free Trade Agreement April 7, 2008
14/03/08 - Colombia Trade promotion Agreement Webinar
12/03/08 - Fact Sheet: Us-Colombia Colombia Free Trade Agreement Essential To Our National Security
29/02/08 - Extension of the Andean Trade Preference Act
28/02/08 - Press Conference of the U.S. President (FTA)
27/02/08 - Secretary Gutierrez will lead the fourth Congressional Delegation to Colombia
26/02/08 - Free Trade Agreements Vital To U.S. Economic Growth And National Security
14/12/07 - Secretary Gutierrez Statement on President Bush Signing the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement
04/12/07 - Secretary of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez Delivers Remarks at The Heritage Foundation
19/11/07 - Bipartisan Congressional Delegation Sees Progress in Colombia
08/11/07 - Statement by the President (FTA)
06/11/07 - Remarks by the President at The White House Forum on International Trade and Investment
06/11/07 - ONDCP Director John P. Walters visits Colombia
22/10/07 - Promoting Peace and Prosperity in Colombia
12/10/07- President Bush Discusses Free Trade Agreements
11/10/07- Secretary Gutierrez Praises Record U.S. Exports
02/10/07- Charting Colombia's Progress
U.S.- Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement
Office of the United States Trade Representative
United States Department of Agriculture and Free Trade Agreement
09/10/07- Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. Roundtable with Trade and Economic Journalists
18/09/07- Remarks at the AACCLA 40th Annual Meeting by John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State
15/09/07- Secretarial Visit to Panama, Peru and Colombia September 2007
08/2007 - The Case for the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement
07/2007 - Broad Support for Peru, Colombia, and Panama Trade Promotion Agreements
22/08/07- Advancing Cooperation on Biofuels: U.S.-Brazil Steering Group Meets August 20 in Brasilia
22/11/06 - United States Signs Free-Trade Agreement with Colombia
22/11/06 - United States and Colombia Sign Trade Promotion Agreement
22/11/06 - USTR Expresses Strong Support for Extending ATPA Preferences
22/11/06 - Congress letter on TLC and APTA
22/11/06 - U.S. Department of Treasury Acts Against Narco Leader's Front Companies, Cohorts
24/08/06 - Statement on the president's intention to enter into a Free Trade Agreement with the Republic of Colombia U.S. Secretary of Department of Commerce Carlos Gutierrez
02/27/06 - U.S. and Colombia Conclude Free Trade Agreement
12/19/05 - Statement of Christin Baker, USTR Spokesperson Regarding the Implementation of CAFTA-DR
12/13/05 - Is the U.S. Current Account Deficit Sustainable? CRS Report for Congress
11/22/05 - Trade Integration in the Americas, CRS Report for Congress
09/28/05 - Talking points on the Colombian economy
09/16/05 - The U.S. Economic Outlook, Martin Neil Baily, Institute for International Economics
08/15/05 - Internet Stability, Security must be Maintained, U.S. Department of State, Bureau of Economic and Business Affairs
07/27/05 - Diplomacy in Latin America, Roger Noriega, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Testimony before the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, Committee on International Relations, U.S. House of Representatives
06/17/05 - Framework of Standards to Secure and Facilitate Global Trade - World Customs Organization
04/26/05 - Ninth Round of U.S.-Andean Trade Talks Paves Way for Progress
04/21/05 - U.S.-Central America-Dominican Republic Free Trade Agreement, statement of Ambassador Peter F. Allgeier, Acting U.S. Trade Representative before the House of Representatives, Committee on Ways and Means
04/14/05 - State Sovereignty and Trade Agreements; USTR Fact Sheet
04/13/05 - U.S. Trade Agreements with Latin America; hearing before the House Committee on International Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere: Dan Burton, Kevin Brady, Xavier Becerra, Cass Ballenger, Jerry Cook, Michael J. Massey, Linda Chavez-Thompson, Bishop Alvaro Ramazzini, John Murphy, Mark Dresner.
11/04/04 - U.S. Works to Promote Equitable Growth in Western Hemisphere, John Maisto, U.S. National Summit Coordinator
10/23/04 - Access to the Global Marketplace Will Sustain the Small Coffee Grower, E. Anthony Wayne, U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Economic and Business Affairs
07/19/04 - Remarks by Ambassador Wood at the Proexport Colombia Press Conference
07/15/04 - Remarks by Ambassador Wood at the Council of the Americas Conference "Colombia in the Eyes of Wall Street"
07/09/04 - New U.S. Anti-dumping, Countervailing Duty Guidelines
06/18/04 - U.S.-Andean Free Trade Talks Progress in Atlanta
06/01/04 - The U.S.-Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA): Challenges for Sub-Regional Integration; CRS Report for Congress
05/20/04 - U.S. and Australia sign Free Trade Agreement
05/18/04 - AUSTR Regina Vargo's Remarks at Andean FTA Launch
05/18/04 - Negotiations for Free Trade Agreement Begin
04/04 - FYI Special Issue on Trade Agreements
11/04/03 - U.S. Authorities Warn of Online Employment Fraud
07/31/03 - OPIC Offers Stand-Alone Terrorism Insurance to Protect U.S. Businesses Overseas
05/12/03 - Trade and the Americas, CRS Issue Brief
04/22/03 - U.S., Colombia Sign Agreement to Promote Bilateral Agricultural Trade
01/31/03 -U.S. Advances Bold Proposals in FTAA Negotiations to Create World's Largest Free Market in 2005
14/I/03 Trade Promotion Authority (Fast-Track Authority for Trade Agreements): Background and Developments in the 107th Congress; CRS Issue Brief for Congress [PDF]
12/13/02 - Unleashing the Trade Winds, Robert Zoellick, U.S. Trade Representative; article in The Economist, December 7-13, 2002
11/04/02 - Web Credibility a Global Concern for Consumers; International Survey
10/14/02 - Trading in Freedom: the New Endeavor of the Americas, Robert B. Zoellick, U.S. Trade Representative, remarks to the Miami Herald's Sixth Annual Americas Conference in Miami
08/02/02 - The Andean Trade Program
08/02/02 - Drug Czar hails Bipartisan Passage of Andean Trade Preference Act
08/02/02 - Congres Passes Trade Legislation: Trade Act of 2002, Including ATPA Renewal and TPA Authorization
07/30/02 - The U.S. Economy is on a Solid Path, Richard Clarida, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury
07/25/02 - Bringing Down the Barriers, Robert Zoellick, U.S. Trade Representative; article published July 25, 2002 in the Financial Times
07/24/02 - Coffee Crisis in the Western Hemisphere, Adolfo A. Franco, Assistant Administrator USAID Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean; testimony before the Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere of the House Committee on International Relations
06/26/02 - Development, Trade, and the WTO: a Handbook, World Bank book to teach developing countries about trade
12/VI/02 - The Andean Trade Preference Act: a Comparison of House and Senate Versions of H.R. 3009 [PDF]
05/10/02 - Globalization and Development Report
05/05/02 - Summits create a record of results, article by Otto J. Reich, Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, in The Miami Herald
04/05/02 - Why Certain Trade Agreements are Approved as Congressional-Executive Agreements rather than as Treaties, CRS Issue Brief for Congress [PDF]
04/04/02 - Pres. Bush's Call to Action on Trade [14K PDF]
04/02/02 - Sovereign Debt Restructuring: a U.S. Perspective, John Taylor, Under Secretary of the Treasury for International Affairs, prepared remarks for the Institute for International Economics Conference, Sovereign Debt Workouts: Hopes and Hazards
03/27/02 - A Free Trade Area of the Americas, CRS Report for Congress [PDF]
03/26/02 - The Global Recognition of Patent Rights: an Agenda for the 21st Century, James E. Rogan, Under Secretary of Commerce for Intellectual Property, and Director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, before the WIPO Conference on the International Patent System, Geneva, Switzerland
12/21/01 - Statement on ATPA Expiration/Renewal
12/05/01 - ATPA Expired at midnight on December 3rd
11/27/01 - September 11th and its Aftermath: the Impact of Doing Business in the Americas, Ambassador Lino Gutierrez, Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs at the George Washington University Center for Latin American Issues
03/27/01 - Secretary of Commerce Evans on Bush Administration Trade Policy
02/27/01 - Hearing on Globalization and American Trade Policy, before the U.S. Senate, Committee on Finance
02/15/01 - A New U.S. Policy for Latin America: Reopening the Window of Opportunity, a Heritage Foundation backgrounder
12/99 - World Trade after Seattle: Implications for the United States, Institute for International Economics Policy Brief
Other Sources on the Subject:
Free Trade Area of the Americas
The Free Trade Area of the Americas, FTAA
A Free Trade Area of the Americas: Status of Negotiations and Major Policy Issues
International Trade Administration - ITA
Official Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States, Annotated
Trade Promotion (Fast-Track) Authority
U.S. Monetary Policy 2006 U.S. Trade Representative - USTR
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