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The president of Colombia, Iván Duque, has stated that breaking trade relations with the countries that “generate employment and investment” to Bogota it would be “stupid” unprecedented within the framework of the recent signing of a Free Trade Agreement with the United Kingdom.
“When commercial relations have been forged that bring investment, that generate employment, that generate opportunities, breaking with that would be unprecedented stupidity. Precisely the State policies lead to more trade and more investment”, Duque pointed out this Thursday, as reported by Caracol Radio.
These statements come within the framework of the elections scheduled for May 29 and after the words of the candidate for president of Colombia for the Historical Pact, Gustavo Petro, who has said that, if he becomes president, will search renegotiate existing trade relations with the United States, according to the Colombian press.
The current Colombian president, Iván Duque, who is in the United Kingdom, has met with the British Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, and with the Trade Minister, Ranil Jayawardena, to reinforce the relationship between the two nations.
For its part, number 10 Downing Street has indicated in a statement that the objective of the Free Trade Agreement is to “promote the entrepreneurial spirit and ensure greater exports for micro-enterprises and SMEs”.
“Colombia seeks to position itself as a key partner for the United Kingdom in agribusiness and other non-traditional exports (such as value-added services and life sciences), since these sectors benefit millions of families and communities in Colombia,” he has collected.
In addition, the United Kingdom has indicated that, with the ratification of this trade agreement, they seek to “expand British exports to Colombia in the science sectors of life, fintech, renewable energies and infrastructure”.
“British exporters are invited to see Colombia as a ‘hub’ of logistics, production and distribution of its goods and services directed to the rest of America”, he pointed out, adding that the country “offers its free trade zones, ports and maritime access to the rest of the Americas”. scam as a means to boost exports”.
As the newspaper ‘El Tiempo’ they expect new investment projects in sectors not related to oil and gas, which “may represent more than 500 million pounds sterling”; 589 million euros.
The Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism of Colombia, María Ximena Lombana Villalba, has indicated that “Colombia will become in one of the first Latin American countries to achieve an Agreement of this type, in this post-Brexit stage,” according to a statement from the Ministry of Commerce.