A new agreement facilitates the exchange of services with the Mercosur countries

The protocol will establish clear conditions of access to markets such as Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, so that Colombia can compete with guns equal with other industries.

Trade in services, Colombia, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay (Mercosur member countries) signed an agreement as part of the XIII Presidential Summit of the United States. Pacific Alliance.

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This protocol that allows the "national treatment" of services and service providers of the five member countries was possible after seven months of entry in force to update the agreement with this block.

This document was signed by the Minister of Commerce, Industry and Tourism, María Lorena Gutiérrez, with her counterparts from these countries in the presence of Colom Bia Presidents, Juan Manuel Santos; Brazil, Michel Temer; and Uruguay, Tabaré Vázquez.

For Uruguay, it was signed by the Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs, Ariel Vergamino; for Brazil, the Minister of Industry, Trade and Services, Marcos Jorge de Lima; for Argentina, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Ambbadador Daniel Raimondi; For Paraguay, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Federico Gonzalez

The portfolio's owner, María Lorena Gutiérrez, badured that for Colombia, it is very important to establish clear conditions of access markets and that our business conditions with the service industries of the Mercosur countries. "

In this sense, the signed agreement generates legal certainty for Colombian businessmen." Mercosur is a very attractive market for Colombia, with many opportunities for software providers, consulting and professional services, among others, "said the minister

In December 2017, the agreement with Mercosur came into force.to more than 900 industrial products that did not have access complete preferential tariff at this market.

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According to the National Department of Statistics (DANE), the subsectors of the service line having recorded the best performance in terms of nominal income so far this year are professional scientific and technical activities (15.0%), mail and courier services (10.6%) and the deve development of computer systems. data (10.1%).