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READINESS VARIES FOR C.A.F.T.A. NEGOTIATIONS.

Publication: NotiCen: Central American & Caribbean Affairs
Publication Date: 14-NOV-02 		Format: Online - approximately 927 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
The Costa Rican newspaper La Nacion recently published an isthmuswide report measuring the degree of readiness and expertise that each of the Central American countries will bring to the table when negotiations with the Northern Giant begin on the Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) announced by President George W. Bush last January (see NotiCen, 2002-01-31). The report featured articles by journalists from each of the countries involved.

Getting ready for this five-against-one encounter, said Costa Rican Foreign Trade Minister Alberto Trejos, is a three-step process: first, each country must find its internal balance of players; second, all must harmonize a common position; third, they must sit down and face the US. The process will be difficult, even more so because of the great internal differences among the countries. Those differences range from way of life to degree...

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