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San  Jose.- Costa Rican lawmakers Tuesday ended a four-year tussle, clearing the way for the U.S.-Central America trade deal to take effect Jan 1.

Costa Rica signed the pact in 2004 along with its neighbors, the Dominican Republic and the United States. Until today opponents had stalled CAFTA’s implementation, when laws governing intellectual property were approved, the AP reports.

President Oscar Arias said his office will quickly finalize the paperwork, after Costa Rican voters approved the treaty last month.

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Written by: gouletcolonial, 12 Nov 2008 8:33 AM
From: Canada, Toronto ,Cabbagetown,Parliament and Gerrard
Oh goody now we can trade bananas with each other
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Written by: texasshoe, 12 Nov 2008 11:23 AM
From: United States, Richmond, Texas
GC,

Took the words right of my mouth!!!!!!!

"Daylight come an' he wanna go home"
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Written by: Grosero, 12 Nov 2008 11:51 PM
From: United States
Costa Rica is famous for the Worl Famous Hotel Del rey which sells the finest "Pink Snapper" in all of central valley...Of Zona Blue is close second runner, so never say that All they Sell is banana's They also sell P***Y
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Written by: jacirez, 14 Nov 2008 5:05 PM
From: Canada, Northern Alberta
You Peasants!!!

...From Wikipedia: With the addition of the Dominican Republic, the trade group's largest economy, the region covered by DR-CAFTA is the second-largest Latin American export market for US producers, behind only Mexico, buying US$15 billion of goods a year. Two-way trade amounts to about US$32 billion annually...
As long as our trade balance with DR-CAFTA members is positive (we export more than we import) all is well with the world. The challenge for us Dominican is to stay competitive...
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Written by: gouletcolonial, 14 Nov 2008 5:12 PM
From: Canada, Toronto ,Cabbagetown,Parliament and Gerrard
Oh Goody does this mean next we will join Caricom and we will have all the sand we need plus the bananas
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