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When the European Commission (EC) was freezing its negotiations of an association agreement with the Andean Community of Nations (CAN) in July -made up by Peru, Colombia, Bolivia and Ecuador- was showing the first signs of an eventual collapse following Colombia and Peru's will and Belgium's pressure to sign the agreement. These countries expressed their intention to go on with the negotiations in Brussels, even if they risked losing Bolivia as a member of the bloc, and one of its founders. In fact, the Bolivian position in terms of intellectual property rights and biodiversity has stopped the association drive of Colombia and Peru with the US.

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