Los Angeles Times

Free trade with Colombia is high on Bush's agenda

Nov 13 -- The president wants to help a key U.S. ally, and getting a proposed deal through Congress is important to his legacy, analysts say.

13 de noviembre de 2008

That President Bush and President-elect Barack Obama discussed a Colombian free-trade agreement in their first postelection meeting indicates its importance to Bush's legacy and his concern for a nation that believes it gets little respect for its role as a key U.S. ally.

 
Representatives for Bush and Obama acknowledged that the two men discussed the proposed free-trade deal during their two-hour White House transition session Monday and whether the pact should come up for a vote during the lame-duck congressional session opening early next week.
 
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