U.S. to build on FTAs by forging new pact with Latin American, Caribbean countries

Editor's note: This story has been updated to include comments from senior administration officials. The U.S. will build on free trade agreements with Latin American and Caribbean countries by establishing the “Americas Partnership for Economic Prosperity,” the White House said on Wednesday, ahead of President Biden’s speech at the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles. “The overall objective is to build our economies from the bottom up and the middle out by building on the foundation established by...