Reply #2: shared values

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http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601082&sid=aURFvyIAD4gY&refer=canada

Harper Starts Talks With Uribe on Canada-Colombia Trade Accord
By Theophilos Argitis and Helen Murphy

July 16 (Bloomberg) -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper kicked off a five-day tour of Latin American and Caribbean countries today by starting free trade talks with Colombian President Alvaro Uribe.

The two sides also will begin talks on an agreement to eliminate double taxation, Harper said today during a joint press conference with Uribe in Bogota.

``Colombia is a country that has made tremendous progress on shared values,'' Harper told reporters. ``We want to encourage them on those efforts.''

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The visit is a boost to Uribe, 55, who's seeking to persuade the Democratic-led U.S. Congress to affirm a separate free-trade accord. The Colombian leader has been criticized for failing to stop death-squad killings of trade union organizers, and faces allegations tying his supporters to paramilitary groups. U.S. lawmakers such as Representative James McGovern of Massachusetts want Colombia to solve hundreds of union workers' and activists' murders before they approve the accord.

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