MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for May 13th 2011
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Friday, May 13th 2011 - 04:49 UTC
Brazil warns Argentina about restrictions to bilateral trade
Brazil’s Commerce and Industry minister Fernando Pimentel called on the Argentine government to de-activate restrictions on Brazilian exports and revealed he had addressed a letter to his Argentine peer Debora Giorgi exposing restrictions on bilateral trade and demanding a reply this coming week end.
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Friday, May 13th 2011 - 04:42 UTC
Mid sized Chilean farms going broke because of rising costs and cheap US dollar
The Chilean Federation of Fruit Producers (Fedefruta) will join with the Association of Exporters (Asoex) and nearly 50 other exportation and agricultural associations across Chile to present proposals to, and demand aid from, the government next Friday, May 20. They will convene in Requínoa, in Chile’s Bernardo O’Higgins Region.
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Friday, May 13th 2011 - 01:01 UTC
US trade deals with Colombia, Panama and Korea could be approved ‘by August’
The United States free trade deals with Colombia, Panama and South Korea will pass through Congress by August if Republicans renew funding for the retraining of displaced workers, the chief U.S. trade official said Thursday.
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Friday, May 13th 2011 - 00:54 UTC
US farmers lobby strongly for FTA, which could generate 22.500 jobs
The inability of the United States Congress and the administration to move three stalled free trade agreements is hurting US economic growth, testified American Farm Bureau Federation President Bob Stallman before the House Agriculture Committee.
