The Biden administration is willing to discuss the existing U.S.-Colombia trade agreement with the Andean country’s next president, a senior U.S. official said, as Washington dispatched a high-level delegation on Thursday to begin forging a relationship with him on a wide range of issues.
President-elect Gustavo Petro, a 62-year-old economist who will become Colombia's first leftist leader next month, talked during his campaign about proposals to renegotiate trade pacts, including a 2012 deal with the United States. But he moderated some of his stances by the time he was elected last month.
