Bulletin n. 2/2011
October 2011
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Don P. Clark
    Factor adjustment implications of a Trade Promotion Agreement between the United States and Colombia
    in Journal of Economic Studies , Volume 38 issue 4 ,  2011 ,  384 - 397
    This paper proposes to use changes in intra-industry specialization indicators over the period 1996-2008 to assess the potential for factor adjustment pressures that may arise in the USA if the proposed USA-Colombia Trade Promotion Agreement (TPA) is implemented. Results show that there is considerable scope for intra-industry specialization between Colombia and the USA. The TPA should result in a larger increase in US exports to Colombia than US imports from Colombia, because Colombian exporters face much lower tariffs in the USA market than do US exporters in the Colombian market. Given the tariff asymmetry, scope for intra-industry specialization, the relatively large size of the US market, and the small number of US industries that are likely to encounter factor adjustment pressures, the USA should ratify the agreement immediately.
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