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May
	14 May 2013
	Trade Policy Developments
		Free Trade Agreement between Colombia and Costa Rica will be signed on 22 May 2013
		CARICOM-Costa Rica: Jamaica approves implementation of CARICOM-Costa Rica FTA
		CAFTA-DR (Central America-Dominican Republic-United States) Free Trade Agreement: United States and Guatemala Sign Agreement on Labor Rights Enforcement Plan
		15th Meeting of the High-Level Group of the Pacific Alliance was held in Santiago de Chile
		Paraguay has formally requested to become an observer of the Pacific Alliance
		Canada and Nigeria concluded negotiations for a Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement
		Ecuador plans to start negotiations to become a member of MERCOSUR
		United States and Mexico agreed to establish a High Level Economic Dialogue
		Panama has joined the Central American Integration System

	02 May 2013
	Trade Policy Developments
		USTR 2013 Special Report on Intellectual Property Rights
		Costa Rica’s National Assembly approves -in second debate- FTA between Costa Rica and Peru
		Canada-Japan: Second round of negotiations for the Japan-Canada Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
		Colombia and Singapore concluded negotiations for an agreement on reciprocal promotion and protection of investments
		Bolivia negotiates accession to MERCOSUR
		Suriname moves toward joining MERCOSUR

April
	24 April 2013
	Trade Policy Developments
		Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP): Ministers chart path forward on key issues and confirm next steps on Japan's entry
		Chile-Turkey Free Trade Agreement: DIRECON's second year assessment of the agreement
		Chile-Australia Free Trade Agreement: DIRECON's fourth year assessment of the agreement

	18 April 2013
	Trade Policy Developments
		WTO Trade Policy Review of Mexico
		Mexico and Paraguay agree to deepen trade relations
		Canada and Japan to hold second round of negotiations for the Japan-Canada Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) from 22 to 26 April 2013
		Colombia and Israel conclude fifth round of free trade negotiations

	01 April 2013
	Trade Policy Developments
		Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement now in force
		Chile and Turkey agree to expand the scope of their free trade agreement to cover trade in services
		The President of the United States sends formal notification letter to U.S. Congress of his intent to launch negotiations for a comprehensive trade and investment agreement with the European Union
			Notification letter to U.S. Congress relative to the intention of the U.S. President to launch negotiations for a comprehensive trade and investment agreement with the European Union

March
	26 March 2013
	Trade Policy Developments
		Canada and Thailand will pursue exploratory discussions towards potential bilateral free trade agreement negotiations
		Bolivia and Nicaragua agree to liberalize their bilateral trade in the framework of the Latin American Integration Association (LAIA)
		Nicaragua joins the Latin American Integration Association (LAIA)

	20 March 2013
	Trade Policy Developments
		WTO Trade Policy Review of Argentina
		United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement: First meeting of the Labor Affairs Council

	13 March 2013
	Trade Policy Developments
		Colombia and Costa Rica conclude free trade negotiations
		Colombia and Panama resume free trade negotiations
		Costa Rica’s National Assembly approves -in second debate- FTA between Costa Rica and Singapore
		United States and Taiwan resume talks under the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement
		Canada Concludes Investment Agreements with Cameroon and Zambia
		United States and Iraq Announce Progress on Entry into Force of Trade and Investment Framework Agreement

	05 March 2013
	Trade Policy Developments
		European Union announced the provisional application of the Trade Agreement with Peru starting on 01 March 2013
			Notice concerning the provisional application of the Trade Agreement between the European Union and Peru
		Canada-Panama Free Trade Agreement to enter into force on 01 April 2013
		Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP): Sixteenth round of negotiations
		USTR publishes 2013 Trade Policy Agenda and 2012 Annual Report

February
	25 February 2013
	Trade Policy Developments
		Colombia and Korea sign Free Trade Agreement
			Text of the Colombia-Korea FTA
		United States-Korea Free Trade Agreement: First meeting of the Environmental Affairs Council
			Joint Communique of the U.S.-Korea Environmental Affairs Council and Environmental Cooperation Commission

	13 February 2013
	Trade Policy Developments
		European Union and United States to launch negotiations for a Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership
			Joint Statement from the United States President and the Presidents of the European Council and the European Commission
			Fact Sheet: United States to Negotiate Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership with the European Union
			Final Report of the United States-European Union High Level Working Group on Jobs and Growth

	08 February 2013
	Trade Policy Developments
		Canada-India: Seventh round of negotiations toward a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement
		Colombia-Costa Rica: Fourth round of negotiations for a free trade agreement

	01 February 2013
	Trade Policy Developments
		MERCOSUR-European Union : Joint Communique of the Mercosur-European Union Ministerial Meeting
		Member countries of the Pacific Alliance (Chile, Peru, Colombia and Mexico) have agreed to close their tariff agreement before March 31^st this year
			Declaration of the Sixth Summit of the Pacific Alliance
		Colombia and Qatar are currently negotiating an agreement for the reciprocal promotion and protection of investments

January
	15 January 2013
	Trade Policy Developments
		Chile-United States Free Trade Agreement: Sixth Meeting of the U.S.-Chile Environmental Affairs Council and Fourth Meeting of the U.S.-Chile Joint Commission for Environmental Cooperation
		United States -Peru Trade Promotion Agreement: The Government of United States and Peru Reach Agreement on Action Plan to Strengthen Forest Sector Governance
		Canada and Benin sign Foreign Investment Promotion and Protection Agreement (FIPA)

	07 January 2013
	Trade Policy Developments
		WTO Trade Policy Review of the United States
		Free Trade Agreement between Mexico and Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua: Mexico-Central America FTA entered into force for Honduras on 01 January 2013
		Costa Rica’s National Assembly approves Free Trade Agreement with Singapore and Free Trade Agreement between Mexico and Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala and Nicaragua, on first debate .

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