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Blunt Urges Pelosi To Reconsider On Colombia
Trade. House Minority Whip Blunt today wrote to House Speaker Pelosi to prod her to consider the Colombia Free Trade Agreement soon, in anticipation of Saturday's one year anniversary of a landmark bipartisan agreement on trade policy. "I respectfully ask you to consider the economic benefits that relieving onerous tariffs and encouraging U.S. exports would have on our export-driven economy during these economically challenging times," Blunt wrote. "As such, the Colombia Trade Promotion Act is more than a trade agreement; it is exactly the type of economic growth package you have repeatedly said you would support." The May 10 agreement last year paved the way for action on the Peru and Panama free trade deals, although the latter has stalled. Similar labor and environmental standards were enshrined in the Colombia and South Korea trade deals, but Democrats said they wanted to see improvement in the Colombian human rights situation and greater concessions by South Korea on market access.
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