Andean states lobby for inclusion of leather in free trade agreement
30/04/2001
Leather and leather products are among several commodities that a coalition of South American states is pushing to have included in an expanded Andean Trade Preferences Act (ATPA). Introduced in 1991, the act grants the five Andean nations of Colombia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador and Peru trade benefits with the US, in return for their efforts to curb the region’s drug trade.
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