Cartagena, Colombia

Free trade with U.S.: A free trade agreement between the United States and Colombia will go into effect next month, President Obama announced at the Summit of the Americas in Colombia. “This will create thousands, millions of jobs in the United States and Colombia,” said Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. The U.S. and Colombia agreed to the pact last year, but it was delayed until Colombia improved labor conditions and workers’ rights. U.S. labor leaders insist it still has not done so; at least 30 Colombian union leaders were murdered last year alone. Obama’s announcement “is deeply disappointing and troubling,” said AFL-CIO President Richard Trumka.

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