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 - Central American countries - U.S.;    Foreign economic relations - Colombia - U.S.;    Foreign economic relations - U.S. - Colombia;    Foreign trade policy;   

RP-ID  :  RL34470
RP-ID  :  RL34470_2012Apr27

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The U.S.-Colombia Free Trade Agreement, or U.S. Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement, is a comprehensive free trade agreement (FTA) between the United States and Colombia, which will eventually eliminate tariffs and other barriers in bilateral trade in goods and services. The agreement will enter into force on May 15, 2012. The United States is Colombia's leading trade partner. Colombia accounts for a very small percentage of U.S. trade (1.0% in 2011), ranking 22nd among U.S. export markets and 23rd as a supplier of U.S. imports. Economic studies on the impact of a U.S.-Colombia 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 2.2%). This report also discusses concerns that Congress has with Colombian human rights violations.