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In a long-overdue vote, the House passed a free-trade agreement with Peru over considerable Democratic opposition.(The Week ...)(Brief article)

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In a long-overdue vote, the House passed a free-trade agreement with Peru over considerable Democratic opposition. It faces less resistance in the Senate, which will probably act before the end of the year. The Bush administration has also sent trade agreements with Colombia and Panama to Capitol Hill, but House Ways and Means Committee chairman Charles Rangel has said those deals will have to wait for now. This is a shame, for reasons economic and strategic. First, the agreements with Peru, Colombia, and Panama are about reciprocity. The vast majority of what we import from those countries already comes in duty-free thanks to regional ...

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