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White House to Revive Latin America Deals (ELIZABETH WILLIAMSON, 2/09/11, WSJ)

The Obama administration is accelerating efforts to revive stalled trade agreements with Colombia and Panama, aiming to resolve outstanding issues this year and send the pacts to Congress for ratification immediately thereafter, U.S. Trade Representative Ron Kirk is expected to tell a congressional committee Wednesday.

"The president has directed me to immediately intensify engagement with Colombia and Panama, with the objective of resolving the outstanding issues as soon as possible this year and bringing those agreements to Congress for consideration immediately thereafter," Mr. Kirk is expected to say, according to excerpts of prepared testimony reviewed by The Wall Street Journal.