In Colombia, Trading Our Way to Prosperity

The Colombia Free Trade Agreement is proving a great success, as supporters over five years ago predicted. On the first anniversary of its implementation, US exports to Latin America’s third-largest economy are up almost 15 percent. Our country can reap even greater benefits from enacting more such accords with Europe and Asia — but those trade deals may be delayed to death by the same US protectionists who kept the Colombia pact on ice for so long.