Mexico declares progress in FTA talks with Central America
01/06/2011 142
Most viewed articles
Mexico said Sunday the fifth round of negotiations for forming a single free trade agreement (FTA) with Central America ended with important progress on various issues.
The most prominent achievements were made on issues such as market access, the ease of the trade and the technical obstacles to trade, the Economic Ministry said in a statement.
There were also important progress on trade mark, trade defense, government purchases and solution of trade differences.
The sixth round of the talks will be held in August in El Salvador, the ministry said.
Mexico already has FTAs with Costa Rica, Nicaragua and the so-called Triangle of the North which includes Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.The current talks was aimed at eastabishing a single FTA area with Mexico and the whole Central America.
Of the 50 billion dollars of Central America’s annual exports, only 8 percent go to Mexico, suggesting that there is great potential for expanding trade relations between the two sides.
May 30th, 2011
Source: People’s Daily Online, China
- USTR Makes Findings and Proposes Action in 60 Section 301 Investigations Relating to Failures to Take Action on Trade in Forced Labor Goods
- [VCCI] The US officially initiates a Section 301 Investigation into Vietnam on Intellectual property
- General Secretary and President To Lam's working visit to three ASEAN countries: Demonstrating the stature of proactive and constructive diplomacy.
- Viet Nam accelerates innovation drive as skilled workforce becomes key to science and technology growth
- The US is increasing controls on AI chip exports