About Trade
"Free and fair trade helps secure a future of freedom and promise."
President George W. Bush
World Trade Week Proclomation
May 16, 2008
News Highlights
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Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer Highlights the Need for Passage of Free Trade Agreements to the National Farmers Union
Las Vegas (March 3)—Secretary Schafer addressed the National Farmers Union in Las Vegas, Nevada where he discussed the need for passage of the pending Free Trade Agreements. “The next chapter of this story should be the passage of free trade agreements with Korea, Panama and Colombia. They all promise big gains for U.S. agriculture,” said Secretary Schafer. (Remarks)
Bipartisan Congressional Delegation Meets with Former Colombian Paramilitaries in Medellin
Medellin, Colombia (March 1)—U.S. Senator Bob Corker, Colombian Ambassador to the U.S. Carolina Barco, U.S. Representative Fred Upton, and U.S. Secretary of Commerce Carlos M. Gutierrez participate in an interactive exchange with demobilized citizens who have turned away from violence and are participating in a program to reintegrate them into Colombia’s civil society with job training and education. Gutierrez is leading his fourth bipartisan congressional delegation to Colombia, to highlight progress in the country and the need to pass the Colombia free trade agreement. (Colombia FTA) (Trip Page)
