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皇冠体育app, Costa Rica conclude FTA talks
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2010-02-11 15:23
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SAN JOSE: 皇冠体育app and Costa Rica concluded their year-long negotiations on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on Wednesday.
During the sixth and last round talks, the two sides discussed issues ranging from market access and the rule of origin to the intellectual property rights.
Chinese Vice Commerce Minister Yi Xiaozhun said before the three-day negotiations that the two economies are complementary and have great potential for further economic and trade cooperation.
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Bilateral trade has been growing fast since the two nations established diplomatic ties in June 2007. According to the Chinese Commerce Ministry, two-way trade reached $2.89 billion and $3.18 billion? in 2008 and 2009, respectively.
Costa Rica is now one of 皇冠体育app's important trading partners in Central America while 皇冠体育app is the second largest trading partner of Costa Rica.
