colombia international relations
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Commercial partners and foreign policyTRANSCRIPT
COLOMBIA
Juliana Cabrera EscobarMaira Alejandra DuqueSimon Florez Montoya
Free Trade Agreements in forceCANAD
A2011 EFTA
2011US2012
Mexico
1994Cuba 2001
CARICOM
1995
Northern Triangle
2009-2010
CAN1969
Chile 2009
Tariff Preferences
In Study
Signed Agreements
Ongoing Negotiations
Exports (FOB)
Source: Dane, 2012
These graphs show that the process to diversify trading partners has been very slow.
What are the causes of the inactivity in Colombian foreign policy throughout its history?
1) Lost of territory and border problems
2) Separation of Panama
Important topics of colombian Foreign Policy
oFight against terrorism and drugs
oConsolidation of peace
oDefense and promotion of human rightsoAchieve more opportunities for trade,
investment and technology exchange with new partners.
oAchieve growth and competitiveness
Andean Comunity
oAdoption of criteria for a common Foreign Policy
oLack of regional identity
oDefined a security policy and a social agenda
oGreater difficulty in achieving an unified political position
oBasic platform for relations with the EU
oInadequate implementation of corrective measures
Trade Balance Colombia-Andean
Comunity
Source: Dane
COUNTRY % OF LIBERALIZATION
Argentina and Brazil
20%
Paraguay 40%
Uruguay 74%
Certificate of origin liberalizationCAN-MERCOSUR
Trade Balance Colombia-Mercosur
Consultation and political dialogue Rio groupoConsolidation of democracyoRegional integrationoCommercial relations and integrationIbero-american sumitoDemocracyoProtection of Human RightsoSustainable developmentLatin American and the Caribbean – European Union (ALC-UE)oFramework of relatios on cultural, economic, politic, cientific and other issuesOthers
• Colombia is currently in a period of economic prosperity
In colombia the foreign policy and the trade policy are combined
• The Santos government approach to the foreign policy is very different to the approach of Uribe.
Colombia is in a proccess of diversifying trade destinations and international relations.
CONCLUSIONS
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o BARCO ISAKSON, C. (2006). REFLEXIONES SOBRE LA POLITICA EXTERIOR DE COLOMBIA 2002-2006 . Bogotá: IMPRENTA NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA.
o Ministerio de comercio, i. y. (s.f.). Tratados de libre comercio Colombia. Recuperado el 6 de octubre de 2012, de http://www.tlc.gov.co/index.php
o DANE. (9 de Agosto de 2012). BOLETÍN DE PRENSA COMERCIO EXTERIOR- EXPORTACIONES. Recuperado el 6 de octubre de 2012, de http://www.dane.gov.co/files/investigaciones/boletines/exportaciones/bol_exp_jun12.pdf
o Estanga, P. C. (s.f.). Significación de la comunidad andina de naciones (CAN). Recuperado el 6 de Octubre de 2012, de Universidad Sergio Arboleda: http://www.usergioarboleda.edu.co/altus/profesor_carmona.htm
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