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Editorial

Encuentranos en:

FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT, ACCOUNTING AND ECONOMIC SIENCES

Issue No. 001 | Valledupar, Colombia | September - October of 2012

2. Articles in the area of International

Trade,

3. Careers and entrepreneurship in the

field of International Trade,

4. International Trade Related Events

taking place in the Caribbean region,

the city of Valledupar and especially in

the UPC, where our program is the pro-

tagonist.

5. News in the academic community,

including student’s experiences, stu-

dent internships and studies abroad,

experiences and academic exchanges

of faculty with the academic and entre-

preneurial.

Also, this reminds you that this maga-

zine is born in the International Trade

Program, it’s been funding career ....

Welcome to the first edition of Interna-

tional Trade Magazine, Electronic

magazine of International Trade Pro-

gram from our dear Alma Mater “The

UPC”. We trust that you will find in this

book a rich source of information on

various news and activities inherent in

international business and what is hap-

pening around our program of studies.

It is a document produced with great

affection and responsibility by teachers

and students of the program; we are

sure it will be a valuable academic

tool.

In the “International Trade Magazine”,

you will find the following topics:

1. The program of international trade

of the UPC,

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Editorial P.1

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Our School P.2

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Professors P.3

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Opinion P.5

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Regional Export News P.7

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Leisure time P.9

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Events P.10

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The UPC Committed to International Mobility:

Promote participation in International Exchanges Compiled by: MA Cesar Galindo Angulo, Professor

“The mission of our Electronic Magazine is to provide a way for the

dissemination and promotion of academic production of our aca-

demic community and the different news International Trade pro-

gram from UPC. With the aim of sharing the emerging global issues

and problems of our daily events”

Our School

The university in order to promote the

internationalization of higher education,

seeks to promote global understanding,

skills to live and work effectively in a

multicultural world, for this reason, the

UPC, through its international relations

department is promoting together with

AIESEC exchange opportunities abroad

for the entire university community,

where the University awarded to ten stu-

dents and recent graduates financial aid

to encourage international mobility

through exchange programs offered by

AIESEC. The exchange rates are:

Development Exchange Are International practices seeking

to promote social responsibility, un-

derstanding of other cultures, …

“ The International Trade students made a

visit to the Cerrejon mine and Salinas de

Manaure, Guajira ”

By, MA Cesar Galindo Angulo, Professor

I invite you, to read the "International

Trade Magazine" to participate and ap-

propriate this magazine as an academic

tool over our beloved institution.

"The mission of our Electronic Magazine

is to provide a vehicle for the dissemi-

nation and promotion of academic pro-

duction of our academic community

and the different news International

Trade program from UPC. This with the

aim of sharing the emerging global is-

sues and problems of our daily exis-

tence"

MARTHA R. ARGÜELLO CABALLERO

Head of Department of International

Trade

studies since 1998, has been a success

and that was initially offered under the

name of International Trade Admini-

stration with a plan designed studies

with the participation of teachers, busi-

nessmen and other programs Bench-

marking International trade and inter-

national universities. Over the years

the changing needs of the environment

and the world becomes globalized re-

quire a restructuring and a new aca-

demic proposal running the program

under the name of International Trade.

Registration qualified exercise that re-

quires the work of the entire academic

community and the commitment of all

involved to ensure a quality program

and facing the future. That's when it

was born restlessness and a desire to

become more visible to the academic

world and the best use of IT's for us to

share with all the actors of daily

events, our thoughts and our projects.

With the aim of bringing the acad-

emy with the business community,

on September 29, 60 students in

seventh and eighth semester of

International Trade, visited the

Cerrejon coal mine and salt

Manaure, Guajira, where they had

the opportunity to know in detail

the process of coal mining and

processing, also participated in a

talk where they explained the proc-

ess thoroughly of the ore exporter,

destination countries and their

most frequent uses, also sensitized

on the importance of caring for the

environment, teaching them how

this great company, once exploited

the earth's; overhauls to return it

to its original state in nature and

minimize the environmental impact

caused by mining activities.

In Manaure Salinas, they also ex-

plored closely how salt is processed

using the most traditional mostly

made by indigenous Wayuu, the

packaging process and packaging

of the product.

Visiting business

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entrepreneurship and volunteerism.

Through this exchange, AIESEC

gives you the opportunity to have an

international experience of learning

through work abroad on projects of

social and community development

that lead to self-development and

skills upgrading for students under-

taking the experience .

Requirements

Be between 18 and 30 years old

Student or recent graduate form

UPC

Basic English

Availability for a minimum of six

weeks exchange and interested

in to know a new culture.

Main destinations: Brazil, Argen-

tina, Chile, Peru, Egypt and Russia.

Professional Exchange

This program offers exchanges that

contribute to the professional devel-

opment of young people, allowing

them to participate in a particular

field of work. This program usually

lasts 4-12 months, which has a vari-

ety of business projects and organi-

zations framed in three professional

disciplines:

Technical Training: This program

provides university students and re-

cent graduates the opportunity to

live an integrated learning experi-

ence, including international experi-

ence in the field of Information Tech-

nology, working on tasks of focused

information systems programming

and web design, which require cer-

tain programming languages (not

all), Preferably for Systems Engi-

neering students).

Requirements:

Between 18 and 30 years old,

Be practical semester student or

recent graduate (no more than 2

years),

Middle English level to advanced,

for Germany requires a medium

level to advanced German,

Knowing more than two of the

following programming langua-...

ges: C, C #, C + +, Java, Javascript,

SQL. For destination countries do not

require work experience.

Management Practices: This program

provides university students and recent

graduates the opportunity to live an inte-

grated learning experience, including

international experience in the adminis-

trative field, working on administrative

tasks shipped in entrepreneurship, inter-

national marketing, project develop-

ment, human resources and finance.

(Preferably for students from FACE)

Requirements

Be between 18 and 30 years old

Be practical semester student or re-

cent graduate (no more than 2

years).

Have a level intermediate to advanced

English. For destination countries do

not require work experience.

Educational Practices: This program

provides university students and recent

graduates the opportunity to live an inte-

grated learning experience, including

international experience in the field of

teaching languages (mainly English),

working in daily degree in languages

and / or modern languages. (Preferably

for Bachelor students of Spanish lan-

guage and English).

Requirements:

Be between 18 and 30 years of age

Be practical semester student or re-

cent graduate (no more than 2

years).

Have a level intermediate to advanced

English.

Destination countries:

The main destinations for professional

programs are: India, China, Brazil, Po-

land, Turkey, Costa Rica, Panama and

Germany (German language is required

in intermediate to advanced level)

If interested, involved in the call, do not

pass up the opportunity to apply here:

http://bit.ly/R98281

Taken from: http://unicesar.edu.co

Our Professors

MA. Cesar Galindo Angulo

MA. Yimy Gordon

BA. Carol Figueroa Perez

Postg. Dip. Milena Chadid B.

Postg. Dip. Jairo Ibarra Casadiego

Postg. Dip. Sandra Pabon Cuellar

Postg. Dip. Yury Posada Romero

Postg. Dip. Edmundo Puche H.

Postg. Dip. Yolanda Rodero Vega

Chancellor

Dr. Jesualdo Hernández Mieles

Vice-Chancellor

Dr. Roberto Daza Suarez

Dean FACE

MA. Victor Echeverry Gomez

Head of International Trade

Department

MA. Martha Argüello Caballero

Editorial Board

Academic staff of the programme of

International Trade

Editor and translation

Professor MA Cesar Galindo Angulo

ISSN: 2322-908X

International Standard Serial Number

.: Published bimonthly : .

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The International Trade program rein-

forces the UPC and internet innovation

strategy as a way of communication

with businesses and the community at

large, as a bid to encourage the partici-

pation of academic and business com-

munity through the Internet it also pro-

vides all kinds of current information,

consultation and audiovisual material,

thanks to web 2.0 tools that are avail-

able to any citizen of a free way.

Anyone interested in international trade

issues can get the latest news via Face-

book or Twitter, see pictures of all the

activities on Flickr, consult and share a

conference presentation in Slide-

share.net or watch a video on the is-

sues.

These tools allow us to:

Talk without intermediaries with

graduates, students and the general

community and their views directly,

Achieving transparency in our interac-

tion with our audience. Keep in mind

that the communication is bidirec-

tional social networks.

Increase convening and dissemination

of program messages,

We build networks and communities

around the program and thus en-

hance loyalty actions.

Capture the attention of potential

employers and students and redirect

to the web where they will gain

more information about them.

Soon our website will be available

comercio.unicesar.edu.co and access

to them:

www.facebook.com/comercioupc www.youtube.com/comercioupc http://twitter.com/comercioupc www.linkedin.com/comercioupc www.slideshare.net/comercioupc

The International Trade Programme commited social networks By MA. Cesar Galindo Angulo, Professor

NEWS Professors training

Professors Yuri Posada and Bal-

domero Rosado from the Interna-

tional Trade program participated in

the Fourth International Symposium

of Finance organized by the Univer-

sity EAFIT which took place in the

11th and 12th of October in the city

of Medellin.

In this academic space the univer-

sity and the business community is

focused on the analysis of business

valuation, which was combined in

the discussion of the current global

economic situation and evaluation

of investment projects.

Graduates

Within the curriculum of our pro-

gram we have the option to have

students do a semester of practice

and a curricular practice also enter-

prise-grade materials as an option.

In this case, it is worth noting that

the good gesture and the time spent

in management in the graduate resi-

dence Leydys Vergara, who helped

him secure a spot in the staffing of

the Chamber of Commerce of Valle-

dupar, where he serves as Advisor

to the Point the Colombia Stock Ex-

change and information Point DANE.

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Colombia has opted for a free-market

economic model and economic open-

ness. The goal of achieving a true inter-

nationalization of our economy has not

yet been achieved, but certainly govern-

ment actions suggest that sooner or

later we will have achieved the neces-

sary interdependence in these times of

economic agreements.

Because, as we

were told inter-

dependence

theorists, Nye

and Koehane,

this is ulti-

mately about

the agreements

that states are

able to arrive at

a framework of

cooperation and

relative peace. These economic agree-

ments, advocating regional integration

and internationalization global WTO un-

derstood.

The Uruguay round defined the parame-

ters of the new multilateralism currently

economic to coexist within the WTO

framework. Almost all countries at the

UN are part of the WTO, this is really

really important when you consider that

the GATT, immediately preceded

grouped only developed countries and a

few developing.

The emergence of the WTO as a multi-

lateral body for international trade, is

only strengthening the market economy

as generalized economic model in the

world, i.e. the global capitalist model of

market opening and liberalization of

capital goods and services with the po-

litical framework of democracy.

Our country has chosen

this path since the last

decade of the previous

century. Currently Co-

lombia has signed FTAs,

economic complementa-

tion agreements, partial

agreements, around the

world. Agreements with

several economic blocs including the EU,

Mercosur, ECSC, there FTAs with Can-

ada, Chile, USA, Mexico, South Korea

and others.

The country has set its sights on the

Pacific for the first time in its history,

today it is the intention of belonging to

the main forum for economic coopera-

tion in the Pacific Rim is APEC.

Internationalization of the Colombian Economy By: Postg. Dip. Yuri Posada, Professor

“ The country has set its sights

on the Pacific for the first time

in its history, today it is the

intention of belonging to the

main forum for economic

cooperation in the Pacific Rim is

APEC “

OPINION

All this is to accomplish true interna-

tionalization of our economy, and we

can say it is a state policy, when you

consider that the last five govern-

ments have continued systemati-

cally.

Now, in this economic framework all

sectors of public and private life of

the country must be orchestrated.

The academy, universities have to be

at the forefront and in line with na-

tional and international trend.

They are the calls to generate knowl-

edge and human material necessary

to address the major challenge of

the country since independence, ie

achieving development International

trade is one of the pillars on which

the country is betting on a future

development. Examples abound in

the world that developed countries

from an economic policy of openness

to international trade in goods, ser-

vices and capitals.

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The Free Trade Agreement guarantees a

reduction of product prices, although the

impact will not be felt in the short term

future, the opportunity to purchase

items at a better price increases, our

entrepreneurs should be prepared

for the changes

and losses that

may reach but

they have to invite

projects to im-

prove its techno-

logical potential

and price level and

change the way

you approach currently generate.

Microenterprises in our country, espe-

cially the Caribbean coast, which are

those that do not have the latest tech-

nology and are in direct competition

with the FTA, should know the products

that will enter in the agricultural sector

can enter this year 26,000 tons of

chicken, 70,000 tons of rice and no zero

duty on cotton and wheat, a concern for

small and micro sectors that are uncom-

petitive and unfortunately do not have

ness, livestock 16, 6 of rubber and

rubber products, two of wood and

wood products, and 6 precious met-

als and jewellery.

the ability to quickly reach a total indi-

cators reflecting efficiency to cope with

large U.S. companies which will handle

very cheap prices compared to such mi-

cro Colombian enterprises.

The work that all so-

cieties have to disap-

pear from the market

and not leave their

jobs to many individu-

als and families in Co-

lombia, is initiating a

period of feedback,

generating ideas, sub-

ject matter efficient entrepreneurship

and technological measures and prices

in the industries.

Not everything is negative for the Co-

lombian Caribbean coast companies that

have the ability to export, with the 603

commercial opportunities Colombia will

have with the United States through the

free trade agreement, 177

They apply to the departments of the

Caribbean coast, of these 177, 92 are in

the agricultural sector, 39 of agribusis-

The FTA claims to Colombia to improve their microenterprises

By Anny Colmenares

Student of 7th semester of International Trade

"The work that all societies have to

disappear from the market and not

leave their jobs to many individuals

and families in Colombia, is initiating

a period of feedback, generating

ideas"

Three students were selected by the

International Trade in the call Col-

ciencias Young Researchers belong-

ing to the research group FACE-UPC

and research hotbed Competitive-

ness Observatory, they were ad-

vised by the teacher MA. Yimy

Gordon, where he participated as

one of the speakers at the Third

Research Day, Second Meeting of

Business University and the First

Day FACE, which were organized by

the VHS sectional Aguachica during

the 26, 27, 28 and 29 September

2012.

Students

Paper

LAURA JI-MENEZ

Production and Trad-ing of avocado paste in the city of Valle-dupar

ANDREA MENDEZ

Strategic Plan through logistics Management indica-tors in the SMBs of the dairy sector of Valledupar

JOSE PE-DRIQUEZ

Traceability of the Estevia in Poponte-Chiriguana, Cesar

Source: Data from published reports of

the event (ISBN: 978-958-8409-24-5)

Hotbed of Research

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On the premises of the Chamber of

Commerce Valledupar, runs the Center

for Information and Trade Consultancy

Zeiky - Proexport Colombia program for

the promotion of export culture in the

country.

Through the Information and Advice

Trade for Foreign Trade, Zeiky - Valle-

dupar, you can obtain personalized ad-

vice and information on issues related to

foreign trade, export training and all the

support needed to exploit the opportuni-

ties offered by international markets for

products Colombians and services.

Valledupar Zeiky Services:

Guidance and advice on foreign trade

custom.

Screens auto consultation with per-

sonalized advice.

Documentation center specializing in

trade issues.

Disclosure of different support tools

offered PROEXPORT development of

export activity.

Theoretical and practical seminars

specialized in foreign trade. Export

Training Program - PFE.

Support in the development of the

internationalization strategy of the

company through personalized and

group counselling.

Strategic Partners

Chamber of Commerce of Valledu-

par www.ccvalledupar.org.co

Popular del Cesar Universi-

ty. www.unicesar.edu.co

SENA, Regional Ce-

sar. www.sena.edu.co

Results in Valledupar Seiky 2012

figures:

183 People have benefited in informa-

tion and outreach programs;

68 People trained in Export Training

Programs;

10 People trained with group work-

shops;

18 companies have been studied of

Diagnostics Business;

3 Companies have the export poten-

tial and fulfilled the established indica-tors;

To promote foreign trade in the región, UPC

strategic partner of the ZEIKY – Information

and Advice Center for Foreign Trade By: MA Cesar Galindo Angulo, Professor

Regional Export News

8 Students of Commerce Int'l UPC

university conducted its practices in Seiky;

3 Professors linked to our program have participated as speakers at Export Training Programs

¿Where are located?

Address: Calle 15 No. 4-33 Of. 305

Chamber of Commerce of Valledu-

par.

Phone: (575) 855600 Ext. 108

Business hours: Monday to Friday:

8:00am to 12:00pm and 2:00pm to

6pm.

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Foreign trade in Latin America and the

Caribbean will suffer from the economic

slowdown that started in the second half

of 2011. The value of regional exports

will increase by 4% in 2012, whereas

imports will grow 3% - according to es-

t i m a t e s p r e s e n t e d i n a

new ECLAC study today.

In its annual report entitled Latin

America and the Caribbean in the

World Economy 2011-2012, the UN

organization states that the current re-

cession in the Eurozone, the lack of eco-

nomic dynamism in the United States

and Japan and the modernization in

China's and other emerging economies'

growth will affect trade in the region -

which, in 2012, will be 20 percentage

points lower than expansion rates

shown last year.

The prospects for 2012 show that for-

eign trade value in Mexico and Central

America will grow above the regional

average (7.3% in exports and 5% in

imports), whereas South America will

see lower rates (1.1% and 3.2%, re-

spectively). The Caribbean countries will

witness a fall in their trade exchange (-

0.7% in exports and -2.1 in imports), a

fact that can be explained by their

strong linkages to the European Union.

According to ECLAC, Latin America and

the Caribbean was the region with the

highest export volumes growth in the

last quarter of 2011 and the first four

months of 2012, amidst the global

trade slowdown. Nonetheless, the Euro-

pean crisis and a global risk aversion

affected its export performance in the

months afterwards.

This slowdown has affected the ex-

change with the main trade partners in

the region - especially regarding ex-

ports to the European Union, which fell

by 5% in the first half of 2012 com-

pared to the same period in 2011. The

weak export performance to the Euro-

pean Union will prevail for the rest of

the year, although there will be differ-

ences among subregions (Caribbean

countries, -19%; South America, -7%;

Mexico and Central America, 16%).

In the short term, this report foresees

that developing countries will continue

to be the engines of world economy and

trade, although they will eventually also

According to ECLAC: Exports in Latin Amer-ica and the Caribbean Face Slowdown Due to International Crisis Compiled by MA. Cesar Galindo Angulo, Professor

slowdown. "For this reason, ECLAC

stresses that, in order to increase po-

tential growth in the future, it is neces-

sary to make a special effort on ongo-

ing challenges concerning production:

productivity, innovation, education,

infrastructure, logistics and transport,"

said Alicia Bárcena, Executive Secre-

tary of the Organization, when launch-

ing the document.

These topics, together with the re-

gional need to move forward on the

path of equal growth and environ-

mental sustainability, were recently

presented in a document enti-

tled Structural Change for Equality:

An Integrated Approach to Devel-

opment, launched by ECLAC during

its thirty-fourth session, held at the

end of August, in El Salvador.

Amid the current international uncer-

tainty, ECLAC foresees that the total

value of regional exports will continue

to grow in the next three years, yet at

a lower rate that in the past years, i.e.

an annual growth of 5% between 2013

and 2015 compared to an annual aver-

age growth of 20% in the second half

of the last decade.

In this context, ECLAC warns on op-

portunities and challenges linked to the

strong relevance of commodities in the

region's export basket - especially

among South American countries. One

of these challenges is the presence of

broader production chains, either na-

tional, regional or global, as well as the

recent integration of small and me-

dium-sized enterprises into the pro-

duction process of exports; the boost

of interregional trade relations; and

the strengthening of links to China and

Asia-Pacific.

Source: www.cepal.org 13 Sep. 2012

“ Regional foreign sales will only increase by 4% in 2012 due to the economic recession in Europe and the slowdown in the United States and China ”

“ The current recession in the Eu-

rozone, the lack of economic dy-

namism in the United States and

Japan and the modernization in

China's and other emerging

economies' growth will affect

trade in the region ”

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Crossword

Word search

Leisure time

“ In this section you will

find fun activities in Eng-

lish to help you learn or

improve your language, to

have fun and relax in their

free time, with crossword

puzzles, word searches and

much more….”

LEISURE TIME

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EVENTS

First floor, Campus Hurtado Via a

Patillal. Valledupar, Cesar—

Colombia

Head of the Program: MA. Marta

Where we are located

Follow us:

http://comercio.unicesar.edu.co

“ This section, and up-

coming events relating

to international trade

take place in the Carib-

bean region, in the city

of Valledupar, espe-

cially where our pro-

gram is the protago-

nist."

Events Calendar

1ª International Cultural Fair - UPC Campus Hurtado, Valledupar

Learning a foreign language is also

learning the culture of the countries

that speak it, which is why the Interna-

tional Trade students with his teaching

of Business English will perform a Cul-

tural Fair whose theme is the UK.

The aim of the fair is to learn the cul-

ture of the four countries that com-

prise: England, Wales, Scotland and

Northern Ireland and it is shown in its

booth location to wildlife, the most im-

portant writers, actors and best known

actresses, the flag of each, there will

be samples food of each country plays

known stories of each of these coun-

tries, traditional dances, mimics phone-

and live singers known artists in the UK.

We count on your distinguished pres-

ence on November 1, 2012 at 8 am in

the Auditorium Vicente Arroyo.

Programme

First: Prayer for Brainner Mendoza

Second: Greetings by the Chancellor,

Dr. Hernandez Jesualdo Mieles

Third: University Hymn

Fourth: Anthem of the United Kingdom

Fifth: Presentation of Stands

Sixth: Traditional Dance in Northern

Ireland

Seventh: Northern Ireland legend: the

beautiful Isolde.

Eighth: play. Fairies and Elves of North-

ern Ireland

Ninth: Music Performance: One and Only

Tenth: Welsh Traditional Dancing

Tenth Eleventh: Work King Arthur

Eleventh: King Arthur’s play

Twelfth: Amy Winehouse playback

Thirteenth: Traditional Dancing of Scotland

Fourteenth: Music Performance. Use Somebody

Fithteenth: Traditional Dance of England

Sixteenth: Play: Romeo and Juliet

Seventeenth: The Beatles.

Eighteenth: Work Alice in Wonder-land

Nineteenth: fonomimica: Someone like you

Twentieth:Music Performance: Ti-tanium by Anny Arzuaga

Twentieth first: Carolina Celedon and her orchestra.

Second “International Cultural Fair” By: Lic. Carol Figueroa