Panama, Canada Negotiate
Free Trade Deal
Panama - Representatives
of Panama and Canada
started today in this
capital the second round
of negotiations leading
to a free trade treaty,
said official sources.
The negotiating teams of
both nations will focus
five-day debates on
issues related to market
access, customs
regulations, rules of
origin, mechanisms for
the solution of
controversies and
investment, among other
topics.
In statements to the
press, the Panamanian
minister of Trade and
Industries, Gisela
Alvarez, said the
economic structure of
both nations is
complementary.
That condition, she
added, would allow the
northern State to engage
in trade transactions
with access to different
geographic areas of the
planet.
On the Panamanian side,
specialists from the
Ministries of
Agricultural
Development, Economy and
Finances, besides the
Superintendency of Banks
and the Customs
Authority.
Official figures place
the two-way trade of
both countries in 700
million dollars in 2007,
favorable to Canada.
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