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Will the U.S.–Colombia
Gabriel Duque Mildenberg
The new agreement will drive economic growth
in Colombia for decades to come.
The Free Trade Agreement
(F TA) will generate some immediate
benefits, but its most important contribution is over the long term, improving the competitiveness of the
Colombian economy and attracting
new investment.
We know that the FTA places in
sharper relief the challenges that the
country and, more specifically, the
business community face. For exam-
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