Because of the problem of the barriers that Costa Rica has imposed since 2014 to the entry of avocado from Mexico remains unsolved, the Mexican authorities asked the WTO to refer the case to an arbitration panel.
The blockade of the Mexican avocado does not end. The Ministry of Foreign Trade (Comex) reported that Mexico requested the WTO to establish a panel of arbitrators to solve the dispute.
During the first three months of the year the country's sales abroad totaled $2.738 billion, 8% more than the $2.532 billion reported in the same period in 2017.
According to figures from the Ministry of Foreign Trade, between January and March the products that accelerated exports were medical supplies, pineapples, syrups, palm oil, antisera and sugar.
While the government makes further assessments over joining the bloc, the agribusiness sectors is emphasizing the negative consequences of any renegotiation over tariffs.
Representatives from the agricultural sector argue that the country's entry into the Pacific Alliance will mean "... losing some of the conditions achieved in existing free trade agreements." Currently "...
The Solis administration has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Chinese government to begin studying the feasibility of setting up a special economic zone in Costa Rica for enterprises from China.
As part of the agreement signed between the two governments, feasibility studies will be started along with defining where the zone will be sited.
The Costa Rican government will try a second time to renegotiate the terms of the free trade agreement with Canada to include services in the list of sectors with preferences.
The FTA was signed 12 years ago, therefore the government of Costa Rica considers it necessary to revise and update it with the idea of emulating the models of recent agreements made with Europe and other countries.
Last year at least 82 IT companies lost a total of $72 million because they lack some 2,300 computer technicians and professionals.
This data comes from a diagnosis done by the Chamber of Information Technology and Communication (Camtic), with support from universities, in order to know the panorama and to provide proposals that will improve it.
For example, the creation of a national plan for technological formation, an innovation center and an agency specialized in IT, to name a few.
The government of El Salvador is proposing to increase the level of public investment.
The nation's fiscal situation is one of the biggest problems the new governemt will face, according to an economic analysis done by Carlos Acevedo, an economist from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP); Roberto Rubio, executive director of the National Foundation for Development; and economist Alex Segovia.
Costa Rica has a deficit of some 2,300 professionals with technical skills, and the shortfall in human resources is causing problems for both national and foreign-based companies.
Many companies have been unable to find candidates for posts in areas such as programing, database management and network security.
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