IPS Inter Press Service - Free Trade Area of the AmericasIPS, civil society's leading news agency, is an independent voice from the South and for development, delving into globalisation for the stories underneath.TRADE: Preferential US-Andean Deals Face Uncertain Future- (Found July 2, 2008 ) CAIRO, Nov 20 (IPS) - A U.S. deal to give Andean nations trade preferences in return for anti-drugs policies is set to expire, and its renewal looks set to be another tough trade battle, both in Washington and with the four South American partners.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35546 COLOMBIA: Concern Over U.S. Free Trade Deal and Tariff Benefits- (Found July 2, 2008 ) BOGOTA, Nov 21 (IPS) - Indigenous and black people, trade unionists and victims of the armed conflict in Colombia are preparing to fight the ratification of the free trade agreement (FTA) with the United States, which will be signed by the trade ministers of both countries Wednesday in Washington.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=35564 POLITICS: Latin American Elites More Doubtful of U.S.- (Found July 2, 2008 ) WASHINGTON, Jan 8 (IPS) - Elites in the major countries of Latin America are increasingly bullish about their nations' economies and increasingly alienated from the United States, according to a new survey by Zogby International and released this week by Newsweek magazine.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=36100 CHALLENGES 2007-2008: Grim Present, Dim Future for Andean Integration- (Found July 2, 2008 ) CARACAS, Dec 26 (IPS) - The Andean countries are passing through the gates of the new year with their trade bloc, the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) -- the oldest and most structured regional integration agreement in the Americas -- fraying at the edges.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=40599 TRADE-BRAZIL: Shrimp - New Source of Tension with U.S.- (Found July 2, 2008 ) RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan 19 (IPS) - Brazil's shrimp exports could follow the footsteps of Chile's salmon, a successful fish-farming product that swiftly conquered markets overseas but for which it suffered threats of trade barriers in the United States.http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=21986 |