U.S.-Brazil Deal ‘Blows Open’ Constrained Market as Obama Leaves for Chile [View All]

A trade and economic cooperation deal between the U.S. and Brazil will open a constrained market and help reach the administration’s goal of doubling exports by 2015, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk said...

A Brazil free-trade agreement “should be on the agenda,” said Steven Bipes, executive director of the Brazil-U.S. Business Council, which is affiliated with the Washington-based U.S. Chamber of Commerce, the nation’s largest business lobbying group. “Detailed specific proposals and ideas from the private sector, that work should begin,” he said...

The Obama administration is being pressed to send Congress free-trade agreements with South Korea, Colombia and Panama reached under Obama’s predecessor. Kirk said the White House wants to complete the South Korea pact before July 1, when a Korean accord with the European Union is set to take effect.

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