Showdown on Trade

(Free trade has emerged as a political football in the U.S. presidential campaign, and a proposed treaty with Colombia, recently sent to Congress by President Bush, now seems up for grabs. The deal, agreed on in 2006, aims to lift tariffs on the vast majority of goods traded between the United States and Colombia, one of the strongest U.S. allies in Latin America and a major recipient of U.S. aid. Congressional Democrats immediately moved to sideline the deal (WashPost).

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