EU/CENTRAL AMERICA: Free Trade Agreement Reached.

MERCOPRESS/     For the first time, the EU and the six Central American nations of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama reached a FTA agreement at the Madrid Summit, following “an intensive negotiation process.”

COSTA RICA: Opening-up Free Trade With China.

GLOBAL POST/
Costa Rica has entered the fifth round of negotiations for a free-trade agreement(FTA) with China. The treaty could be wrapped up in late February.
Costa Rica represents an important diplomatic move for China, strengthening its presence in Central America while providing Costa Rican consumers with Chinese-made goods and helping it diversify its exports. But fierce opposition is mounting.