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Caribbean Community, Central
America To Negotiate Free Trade
Deal
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) - The
Caribbean Community intends to
negotiate a free trade agreement
with Central America perhaps
within the next six months, the
organization's top official
says.
The decision came after a
two-day meeting in Belize in
late February involving trade
ministers from the two regions,
said Edwin Carrington, secretary
general of the 12-member
Caribbean Community, or Caricom.
"The agreement is to negotiate
the talks as quickly as
possible," Carrington told The
Associated Press.
Carrington said negotiators have
suggested modelling the pact on
one that Caricom signed with
Costa Rica several years ago,
with only minor modifications.
The Costa Rica deal covers
hundreds of items, including
juices, construction materials
and leather.
Caricom did not specify which
Central American countries would
be involved.
The Caribbean and Central
America currently trade in
products such as vegetables and
beef.
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