U.S.-Latin American Trade: Recent Trends

Abstract

Since congressional passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) in August 2002 (P.L. 107-210), the U.S.-Chile free trade agreement (FTA) has been implemented and negotiations were concluded on the Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA). Implementing legislation may be introduced in the first session of the 109th Congress. Other important U.S.-Latin America trade initiatives include FTA negotiations with three Andean countries and Panama, and the ongoing but slowed talks on the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Congress defined trade negotiation objectives in TPA and trade agreements are enacted only after Congress passes implementing legislation. This report supports the congressional role and trends, and will be updated.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 08, 2005
Accession Number
ADA484802

Entities

People

  • J. F. Hornbeck

Organizations

  • Library of Congress

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Agreements
  • Central America
  • Commerce
  • Congress
  • Costa Rica
  • Dominican Republic
  • European Union
  • Government Procurement
  • Governments
  • Hispanics
  • Intellectual Property
  • Latin America
  • Law
  • Negotiations
  • South America
  • Trade Policy
  • United States

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • International Relations and European Studies
  • International Relations, focusing on Korea-Africa and North Korea-South Korea relations, and Nigeria-Latin American Relations.