Back in 2007, there was a new Democratic majority in Congress and there were four free trade agreements ready to be passed: Peru, Colombia, Panama, and Korea. Peru was voted through, but the rest were waylaid. A key argument for … read more >

The U.S. trade agenda, embodied in three pending agreements, lurched forward yesterday. In recent weeks, it had run aground, wedged between Democrats who were skeptical of the agreements and Republicans who were skeptical of the sweeteners attached to those agreements … read more >

The Obama administration made an important step yesterday in unblocking the U.S. trade agenda. It asked Congress to begin technical discussions on passing the free trade agreement (FTA) with Colombia. This was the move that trade advocates on the Hill … read more >