Via the AFP: AFP: Canada FM says free trade deal with Colombia ‘near’
Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Maxime Bernier concluded an official visit to Bogota Tuesday, saying a Canada-Colombia free trade pact was imminent and praising its peace efforts in a statement.
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In Bogota, Bernier met with President Alvaro Uribe and with his counterpart, Foreign Minister Fernando Araujo, to discuss Canada’s support for Colombia’s peace efforts and moves to strengthen economic ties between the two countries.
Free trade in the Americas: one nibble at a time, I guess.
Also interesting:
Over the next year, Canada will provide up to six million dollars (Canadian, US) through the Global Peace and Security Fund to further support peace efforts in Colombia, which has suffered decades of civil conflict.
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