Fight Over Colombia Trade Deal Is On

by Costanza Vieira, NarcoNews (reposted)

Wed, Apr 9, 2008 7:20AM

Wednesday, April 9, 2008 Although the Democratic Party has made it clear that it will oppose the free trade agreement with Colombia, President George W. Bush sent the trade deal Tuesday to the U.S. Congress, which now has 90 working days to vote on it.

Analysts in Colombia say the stakes are high because if the trade deal, which was signed 16 months ago by the two governments, is not passed now, it will collapse, or at the very least will take several years to be approved.

This is the first time since fast-track negotiating authority, now known as Trade Promotion Authority, was created in 1975 that a U.S. administration has introduced a bill that is opposed by the party that controls Congress.

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