{"id":64037,"date":"2018-09-26T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-09-26T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-colombia-a-key-market-for-u-s-investments-in-latin-america\/"},"modified":"2018-09-26T06:02:13","modified_gmt":"2018-09-26T10:02:13","slug":"colombia-es-un-mercado-clave-para-las-inversiones-de-estados-unidos-en-latinoamerica","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/colombia-es-un-mercado-clave-para-las-inversiones-de-estados-unidos-en-latinoamerica\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombia: A key market for U.S. investments in Latin America"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 26, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; On the occasion of President Iv\u00e1n Duque&#8217;s visit to <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> for the United Nations General Assembly, ProColombia and the Americas Society\/Council of the Americas (AS\/COA) held a gathering in <span class=\"xn-location\">New York<\/span> with more than 50 representatives of companies from the agri-food and manufacturing sector, technology, private capital funds, tour operators, and finance sectors interested in, and with the potential of, investing in <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span>. Founded in 1965, AS\/COA is an organization that brings together more than 200 regional and global companies with operations and stakes in <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span>. <\/p>\n<p>President Duque opened the meeting with remarks about the investment climate and business opportunities offered in <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span>. He also presented his outlook for the country with the intention of promoting confidence among American entrepreneurs in the Latin American country. <\/p>\n<p>After the speech by the President of <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span>, in a discussion moderated by <span class=\"xn-person\">Susan Segal<\/span>, President and CEO of AS\/COA, several attendees shared their views on the potential, improvement opportunities, and projection for <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span> in the region.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There is great deal of optimism with regard to President Iv\u00e1n Duque and the vision that he and his administration have for <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span>,&#8221; said <span class=\"xn-person\">Susan Segal<\/span>. &#8220;This positive expectation, together with <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia&#8217;s<\/span> accession to the OECD, its relevance in the Pacific Alliance, and the numerous agreements signed with nations around the world make the country an enormous center of attraction for the investment community.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span> is going through times of change. We are committed to our future and we now showcase to the world more opportunities for investment, generating productive projects, growth, and exports to third markets. <span class=\"xn-location\">The United States<\/span> is a strategic partner in this purpose, and its support and trust have been very important for our country,&#8221; said Jos\u00e9 <span class=\"xn-person\">Manuel Restrepo<\/span>, Minister of Trade, Industry and Tourism.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">The United States<\/span> is the primary and leading commercial partner for <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span>; it is the main destination for Colombian exports, concentrating 30% of international sales; the prevalent origin of inbound tourism, with more than 530,000 travellers per year; and the largest investor, amassing US <span class=\"xn-money\">$35,269 million<\/span> in capital since 2000 to the first semester of 2018. One of the goals behind ProColombia&#8217;s active work is to strengthen these indicators with <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> and the world. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We have been channeling our efforts in <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span> for more American companies to leverage the advantages that <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span> offers as an investment destination, given the potential of the domestic market with a population of nearly 50 million, tax incentives that boost investment, and its strategic geographic location for exports to third markets,&#8221; affirmed <span class=\"xn-person\">Flavia Santoro<\/span>, president of ProColombia.<\/p>\n<p>According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span> will be one of the countries with highest growth in <span class=\"xn-location\">Latin America<\/span> in 2018, with a GDP 2.7% above <span class=\"xn-location\">Mexico<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-location\">Argentina<\/span>, and <span class=\"xn-location\">Brazil<\/span>, and GDP per capita forecasts of US <span class=\"xn-money\">$18,227<\/span> by 2022. <\/p>\n<p>The World Bank ranks <span class=\"xn-location\">Colombia<\/span> as the third most business-friendly country in the region, and second in the ranking of the IMD with the most skilled workforce in <span class=\"xn-location\">South America<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  ProColombia<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Sept. 26, 2018<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; On the occasion of President Iv\u00e1n Duque&#8217;s visit to <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> for the United Nations General Assembly, ProColombia and the Americas Society\/Council of the Americas (AS\/COA) held a gathering in <span class=\"xn-location\">New York<\/span> with more than 50 representatives of companies from the agri-food and manufacturing sector, technology, private capital funds, tour operators, and finance sectors&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64037","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-negocios-y-finanzas"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64037","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64037"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64037\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64037"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64037"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64037"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}