The President's News Conference
02/16/2005
https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...
The economic argument for free trade with Colombia is very clear.
By obstructing this agreement, Congress is signaling to a watching hemisphere that America cannot be trusted to support its friends.
This will be bad for American workers and bad for America's national security.
Our markets are open to Colombian products, but barriers that make it harder to sell American goods in Colombia remain.