Lighthizer outlines list of actions Colombia must take ahead of OECD accession

U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer outlined a list of areas -- including market access, copyright and pharmaceutical-related concerns -- in which Colombia must expeditiously improve before the U.S. weighs in on Bogota's push to join the Organization for Economic Development. “I have set out the specific list of actions that we expect Colombia to complete in order for us to provide a positive opinion for the next OECD Trade Committee meeting,” in April, Lighthizer said in a Feb. 14 letter...