(Bloomberg) -- Colombian President Alvaro Uribe will
press reluctant U.S. lawmakers today for a free-trade accord as
concern mounts at home that without a treaty, the country may
see resurgent rebel violence and drug trafficking.
Uribe, on his second trip to the U.S. in a month, will seek
to persuade the Democratic-led Congress in Washington to affirm
an agreement that may add $1.5 billion to $16 billion of annual
trade between the U.S. and Colombia. To win approval for the
deal, Uribe must allay concerns of some U.S. lawmakers that he
has failed to stop death-squad killings of union organizers.
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press reluctant U.S. lawmakers today for a free-trade accord as
concern mounts at home that without a treaty, the country may
see resurgent rebel violence and drug trafficking.
Uribe, on his second trip to the U.S. in a month, will seek
to persuade the Democratic-led Congress in Washington to affirm
an agreement that may add $1.5 billion to $16 billion of annual
trade between the U.S. and Colombia. To win approval for the
deal, Uribe must allay concerns of some U.S. lawmakers that he
has failed to stop death-squad killings of union organizers.
Read more at Bloomberg Currencies News
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