The Latin America Trade Coalition is a broad-based of more than 1,000 U.S. companies, business organizations, farm and ranch groups, and chambers of commerce working to secure Congressional approval of the Trade Promotion Agreements with Colombia and Panama.   Led by co-chairs Bill Lane, Washington Director for Government Affairs of Caterpillar; Laura Lane, Senior Vice President for Public Policy of Citigroup; and Sarah Thorn, Director, International Trade, Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.; the coalition's goal is to secure Congressional approval of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement and the U.S.-Panama Trade Promotion Agreement.  It also played a leading role in the successful campaign for approval of the U.S.-Peru Trade Promotion Agreement.

Take Action! Write your Legislator in Support of Trade

Business Coalition Urges Approval of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement

• Latin America Trade Coalition Letter to Congress Urging Approval of the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement: April 24, 2008

Get the Facts!

• Growth, Hope and Opportunity (PDF)
• Colombia: A Country Moving Forward (PDF)
• Level that Playing Field! (PDF)
• Here are 8,509 Great Reasons (PDF)
• Look to Chile (PDF)
• Who Supports the U.S.-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement?
  -Sectoral fact sheets on manufacturing, agriculture, services, and other aspects of the agreement
• The United States Contributes to Prosperity in Colombia (PDF)
• A Foreign Policy Imperative (PDF)
• Letter from 14 CEOs Supporting the Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement
• Why Support Colombia Trade Agreement Packet
  -A compilation of many of the above documents for easy sharing
• Panama--A Win-Win Trade Agreement (PDF)