EU expects greater commercial access in Central America

Central America's commercial offer covers 85.3% of the products, but the European Union wants it to be 90%.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Central America's commercial offer covers 85.3% of the products, but the European Union wants it to be 90%.
"This offer has improved a lot, but it is not at the World Trade Organization (WTO) level; it is almost there, but it is lacking a few percentages," said Rupert Schlegelmilch, EU negotiator for the commercial agreement.
Schlegelmilch said that they want more products on the table. "We would like it to be a little more in order to initiate discussion on (market) access," the official representing the 27 block of countries said.

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