Inside Trade

March 28, 2025

APEP trade track ‘suspended,’ but some technical work will continue

By Jason Asenso  / February 20, 2025 at 6:20 PM
While the Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity trade track has been “suspended,” some technical work will continue at least until a U.S. Trade Representative is in office, an official from an APEP member country tells Inside U.S. Trade . State Department Special Envoy for Latin America Mauricio Claver-Carone last week told Inside U.S. Trade the Trump administration was ending APEP , calling the Western Hemisphere economic development initiative “a series of endless dialogues without concrete measures.” State leads APEP’s...

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