Industry groups, after Colombia meetings, say work remains ahead of OECD accession

Colombia in the coming weeks must take concrete and verifiable actions in an array of areas – on market access, copyright and pharmaceutical-related concerns – before the country can be supported by the U.S. in its quest for accession into the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, industry sources told Inside U.S. Trade. Following meetings with the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative and industry groups last week, U.S. private-sector sources said the U.S. is skeptical Colombia will make substantive...