Efectos del TLC Colombia-Estados Unidos, sobre la balanza comercial colombiana. 2013-2020

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to analyze the effects of the Colombia-United States FTA on the Colombian trade balance between 2013 and 2020; to describe the balance before signing; to characterize the institutional framework of the agreement; and to identify the goods and services affected (positively or negatively) by the agreement. The research is quantitative-descriptive, with variables such as: Gross Domestic Product (national GDP) and those related to the free trade agreement (trade balance, exports, imports, representative market rate, production chains of representative goods and profile of products imported from the United States). Among the results are: increased efficiency of national sectors and companies thanks to the importance of the treaty in the economic and political history of the country. However, there was a deficit in the balance after its implementation, due to the increase in imports from the United States and the low value added of domestic products exported to that country.