Bilateral Trade Agreements: the Colombian Case (1990-2015)

The proliferation of bilateral trade agreements has created a phenomenon known in the literature as “hub and spoke” bilateralism. In this context, Colombia’s trade policy is geared towards the signing of bilateral trade agreements. This article evaluates the policy of signing bilateral agreements implemented by Colombia between 1990 and 2015. We analyse trade flows between Colombia and several countries using Baldwin’s HM index of hub-ness (2004) and the matrix of Chen (2008). The results obtainedquestion the Colombian policy of signing trade agreements.

• Tipo de recurso: http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6757
• Fecha de publicación: 2018
• Institución: Universidad Pedagógica y Tecnológica de Colombia
• Repositorio: RiUPTC: Repositorio Institucional UPTC
• Idioma: spa
• OAI Identifier: oai:repositorio.uptc.edu.co:001/11974
• Acceso en línea: https://revistas.uptc.edu.co/index.php/cenes/article/view/5961; https://repositorio.uptc.edu.co/handle/001/11974
• Palabra clave: free trade agreements; trade policy evaluation; hub and spoke bilateralism; regional integration; Colombia; United States of America; China; acuerdos de libre comercio (TLC); evaluación de política comercial; bilateralismo “eje-radios”; integración regional; Colombia; Estados Unidos; China.
• License: Copyright (c) 2018 Carolina Rojas Sánchez, Álvaro Pío Gómez Olaya