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Costa Rica fine tunes commercial strategy for Asia

The strategy for entering the Asian market will start in 2009 with the negotiation of FTAs with China and Singapore, with the expectation of completing them before Mayo 2010.

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

"The first round with China will be held on January 19, and will be an important investment opportunity, while with Singapore it will be a parallel process with a partner that could draw us closer to other countries in the region, such as Malaysia and Thailand," indicated the Minister of Foreign Trade, Marco Vinicio Ruiz.

Source: chron.com

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