Trade relations between Colombia and the United States / Jeffrey J. Schott, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Schott, Jeffrey J., 1949-

Series:

Policy analyses in international economics ; 79.

Policy analyses in international economics ; 79

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Free trade--Colombia.

Free trade.

International economic relations.

Commerce.

Tariff.

Colombia.

Free trade--United States.

United States.

Tariff--Colombia.

Tariff--United States.

Colombia--Commerce--United States.

United States--Commerce--Colombia.

Colombia--Foreign economic relations--United States.

United States--Foreign economic relations--Colombia.

Physical Description:

xv, 205 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Washington, DC : Institute for International Economics, [2006]

Contents:

Free trade between the United States and Colombia: analysis of the issues / Jeffrey J. Schott

Colombia's negotiating objectives

US negotiating objectives

Lessons from US FTA experiences

Overview of chapters

Bilateral trade and investment / Dean A. DeRosa, Paul L.E. Grieco, and Jeffrey J. Schott

Trade and investment overview

Revealed comparative advantage

Tariffs and administered protection

Bilateral trade friction

Colombia's readiness for a free trade agreement / Paul L.E. Grieco and Jeffrey J. Schott

Broad measures of the Colombian economy

Hufbauer-Schott readiness indicators

Readiness in Colombia

Potential benefits of a US-Colombia FTA / Dean A. DeRosa and John P. Gilbert

Gravity model analysis to measure potential trade expansion

GTAP model analysis to measure potential welfare gains

Appendix 4A. Tables

Appendix 4B. General equilibrium analysis of a US-Colombia free trade agreement / Scott Bradford

Agriculture / Tim Josling

Bilateral agricultural trade flows between the United States and Colombia

Colombia's agricultural trade regime

US trade preferences and Colombian agriculture

Agricultural framework for the US-Colombia free trade agreement

Impact on multilateral and regional negotiations

Conclusions

Labor standards / Kimberly Ann Elliott

Core labor standards and development

Evolution of labor standards in US trade agreements

Status of and policies toward labor standards in Colombia

Similarities and differences with CAFTA-DR

Intellectual property rights / Keith E. Maskus

Negotiated changes in intellectual property rights

The US TRIPS-plus agenda

A tentative evaluation

A broader strategy

Conclusions / Jeffrey J. Schott

Using the free trade agreement to promote Colombian economic development

Implications of Andean free trade agreements for broader hemispheric integration

Technical appendix : applied general equilibrium simulation of the proposed US-Colombia FTA / John P. Gilbert

References

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 195-198) and index.

ISBN:

0881323896

OCLC:

70660169

Publisher Number:

9780881323894