The U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement: Background and Issues

Villarreal, M. Angeles

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

关键词: Foreign policy;    trade agreements;    Foreign economic relations - Colombia - U.S.;    Foreign economic relations - U.S. - Colombia;    Foreign trade policy;   

RP-ID  :  RL34470
RP-ID  :  RL34470_2011Dec20

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The United States is Colombia's leading trade partner. Colombia accounts for a very small percentage of U.S. trade (0.9% in 2010), ranking 20th among U.S. export markets and 25th as a source of U.S. imports. Economic studies on the impact of a U.S.-Colombia free trade agreement (FTA) have found that, upon full implementation of an agreement, the impact on the United States would be positive but very small due to the small size of the Colombian economy when compared to that of the United States (about 1.9%).