Colombia busca la integracion economica con el mundo y niveles mas elevados de comercio e inversion para promover el empleo y el crecimiento economico.Las exportaciones colombianas al mercado de la Union Europea se basan principalmente en commodities, lo cual no es bueno para el pais. Para cambiar este estado de cosas Colombia debe mejorar la competitividad de sus exportaciones, recursos humanos y tecnologia, dar un fuerte apoyo a la construccion de infraestructura, capacitacion tecnica, absorcion local de tecnologia, inversion extranjera directa y la promocion de nuevas exportaciones. ABSTRACT: Colombia is seeking for integration with the world and higher levels of trade and investment to promote production, employment and economic growth. Colombian exports to the European Union market are based mainly on commodities. This is not good for the country. To change this situation, Colombia Should improve the competitveness of lts exports, human resources and technology. Strong support should be given to construction of infrastructure, technical training, local technology absortion, Foreign direct investment and promotion of new exports.