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The Andean Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) and labor conditions in Colombia

March 6th, 2007

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  March 6th, 2007

This paper is aimed at examining the perceived impact of AFTA in labor conditions in Colombia, in the context of the deepening of market-oriented policies in the country and in the region. The paper is broken up into two parts. In the first, an analysis of the neoliberal principles regarding labor conditions and of the international and regional contexts resulting from the generalization of the policies stemming from those principles, will be undertaken. In the second part, the possible impact of AFTA on labor conditions in Colombia will be examined. The main sources of this paper are scholarly works, official documents, from the US and Colombia, as well as pieces of analysis from NGOs and independent organizations.