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Weekly Report - 17 February 2011 (WR-11-07)
COLOMBIA: In trade limbo
Colombia's relations with the US are coming under increasing strain.
The US House of Representatives failed to discuss the extension of the Andean
Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act (Atpdea), which expired on 12 February,
leaving Colombian exporters in limbo. This has compounded frustration in Bogotá
with the failure of the US Congress to ratify the bilateral free trade agreement
(FTA) signed in 2006, citing labour violence and human rights violations in
Colombia as its main objections.
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