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The Mallarino-Bidlack Treaty was a treaty signed between New Granada (today Colombia) and the United States, on December 12, 1846. Officially it was entitled Tratado de Paz, Amistad, Navegación y Comercio (Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Navegation and Trade), and was initially meant to represent an agreement of mutual cooperation. The end result of the treaty, however, was to give the United States a legal opening in politically and economically influencing the Panama isthmus, which was part of New Granada at the time, but was later to become the independent country of Panama in accordance with the wishes of the United States.
