[CTC_TRADE] New Democrat Coalition calls for passage of South Korea, Colombia and Panama FTAs

[Andrew Gussert]

US
<http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/8480-us-trade-report-lukewarm
-on-colombia-us-fta.html>  trade report lukewarm on Colombia FTA 


Monday, 01 March 2010 15:14 Elyssa Pachico 

 

colombia, usa, fta, tlc

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
<http://www.ustr.gov/about-us/press-office/press-releases/2010/march/kirk-co
mments-2010-trade-policy-agenda> , 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
<http://www.eltiempo.com/economia/noticias_portafolio/home/reporte-de-la-age
nda-comercial-de-eu-despeja-pocas-dudas-sobre-aprobacion-del-tlc-con-colombi
a_7323288-1?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter>  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.

http://colombiareports.com/colombia-news/news/8480-us-trade-report-lukewarm-
on-colombia-us-fta.html

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