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YEPES, Cristian A.. The Colombian-United States Free Trade Treaty: A Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). suma neg. [online]. 2014, vol.5, n.10, pp.12-21. ISSN 2215-910X.  https://doi.org/10.1016/s2215-910x(14)70004-7.

Free trade treaties are generally centered on defining some game rules to achieve commercial exchange. In this article, the contents of the text of the free trade treaty between Colombia and the United States are discussed using a critical discourse analysis, which will help to identify the power relationships in this discourse in the context of Colombian company management. The particularities of the free trade treaty are also analyzed from a linguistic point of view, and taking into account the variables such as access of goods into the market, customs procedures, business defense, public contracting, intellectual property rights, job-related and environmental issues.

The results are associated with an analysis process of the discursive content of free trade treaties at three levels: grammar of the text, pragmatics of the text, and at a psychosocial level to understand the role that the discourse plays in the interpretation and reproduction of the social domination, with the aim that it may serve as an orientation for the management of Colombian export companies.

Palabras clave : Trade agreements; TLC; Institutions; Organizational management; ACDSMEs.

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