A bill introduced by the government intends to streamline access to the Panamanian market for foreign companies in the provision of maritime auxiliary services.
Excerpted from the bill introduced by the government of Panama:
Law 41 of June 14, 2013, through which reform is made to Law No. 8 of 1998 is amended by Decree, Act 56 of 2008 and Act 57 of 2008 which dictates other provisions on the work at sea and on waterways, significantly restricting access to the Panamanian market to foreign investors in the provision of maritime auxiliary services in the Republic of Panama.
With the formal integration of the canal country into SIECA, what was a geopolitical contradiction has been corrected, because Panama always should have been part of Central America.
From a press release from the Central American Economic Integration Secretariat (SIECA):
The Secretariat of the Central American Economic Integration (SIECA) congratulates the brotherly people of the Republic of Panama for joining the Central American Economic Integration Subsystem by means of the deposit of the Incorporation Protocol made on Monday May 6 this year.
Lack of livestock traceability is preventing access of meat to the European market, for which there is a quota of 9,000 tons.
The biggest challenge facing the region is to meet the health, environmental and competitiveness standards demanded by those markets, said Alexander Acosta, from the United Nations Organization for Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).