The trade pact proved an economic success, and now should be modernized to boost North American competitiveness, says COA's Eric Farnsworth.

The Council strongly supports the HLED process as a means to enhance North America’s global competitiveness and build out broader trade expansion initiatives in the region.

While President Barack Obama’s reforms have supported changes on the island, more can be done to advance U.S.-Cuba ties, writes AS/COA’s Christopher Sabatini for Financial Times’ beyondbrics.

Ranking Member Eliot L. Engel, the senior Democratic member on the House Foreign Affairs Committee, gave the following remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a Council of Americas event on the upcoming Central America election.