Latin America and the Caribbean

 

Senator Lugar: Failure to Ratify Free Trade Agreements Costs U.S. Jobs

On February 8, 2011, Senator Dick Lugar released a report on the need to ratify long-pending free trade agreements (FTAs) with Colombia and Panama.  The report, “Losing Jobs and Alienating Friends: The Consequences of Falling Behind on Free Trade with Colombia and Panama,” is available in full.

“As Congress debates renewal of trade preferences for Colombia, which are due to expire on February 12, it should also consider the importance of retaining U.S. competitiveness in Latin America through approval of the pending FTAs,” Lugar said.  “I urge the Obama Administration to do more to build support in Congress for the agreements with Panama and Colombia.”

The full press release on the report is also available.