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Trade and Investment

Protocol amending Treaty of October 27, 1982.  Signed at Panama June 1, 2000; Transmitted by the President of the United States of America to the Senate September 12, 2000 (Treaty Doc. 106-46, 106th Congress, 2d Session); Reported favorably by the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations September 27, 2000 (Senate Executive Report No. 106-23, 106th Congress, 2d Session); Advice and consent to ratification by the Senate October 18, 2000; Ratified by the President February 7, 2001; Exchange of Notes at Panama January 23 and May 10, 2001;  entered into force May 10, 2001.

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The Lessons of 1989: Freedom and Our Future