The U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement: Background and Issues

Villarreal, M. Angeles

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Trade agreements;    International affairs;    Foreign trade;    Foreign trade policy;    International trade;   

RP-ID  :  RL34470
RP-ID  :  RL34470_2014Feb14

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report discusses the proposed U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement (CFTA) signed November 22, 2006, which has not yet been approved by Congress. It includes an overview of the proposed CFTA and U.S.-Colombia trade, background on Colombia, issues for Congress to consider, Colombia's plan to improve labor rights, and the actions that Colombia has already taken to improve violence, labor, and human rights within the country.