Bloomberg, “Trade Deals Needed to Aid U.S. Exports, Farmers Say“:
May 3 (Bloomberg) — Congress should pass U.S. free-trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama to meet President Barack Obama’s goal of doubling exports in the next five years, a group of agricultural trade groups said.
Legislation to pass the agreements, which would boost U.S. agricultural exports by $2.5 billion, has stalled in Congress, Bob Stallman, the president of the American Farm Bureau Association, said today on a conference call with reporters from Washington. Without the agreements, the U.S. may lose market share in those three countries to competing exporters including Canada and the European Union, Stallman said.
More …
- The Farm Bureau’s release, “AFBF: Congress Should Stop Dragging its Feet on FTAs.”
- Dow-Jones, “Canada Minister Confident Of EU Trade Pact Before End 2011“
- AFP, “EU president wants closer Japan ties, freer trade“
- Indian Express, “India as needy of free-trade pact as us: EU ambassador“
- Ukrinform, “Ukraine, Turkey ready to intensify talks on drafting free trade area agreement”
- Bloomberg, “Brison Says Colombia-Canada Trade Pact May Spur U.S. Lawmakers“
- Focus Taiwan, “Trade pact with China to help Taiwan forge FTAs: minister“
