Central America to EU:
More Time to Abolish Tax
Central America will ask
the European Union to
extend from 10 to 15
years the suggested
deadline for lifting
taxes, in order to sign
an association agreement
between both nations
blocs.
Central American
negotiators, who have
been meeting with their
EU peers in Brussels,
Belgium, for the last
four days (with
negotiations scheduled
to conclude tomorrow),
share the view that
their economies are less
developed and need more
time to fully open
markets.
Head of the Honduran
team, Melvin Redondo,
commented that the EU is
planning to grant a
decade to solve the
issue, but the Central
Americans insist on a
15-year term, as
originally set out.
In remarks to the Costa
Rican daily La Nacion,
Nicaragua chief
negotiator Veronica
Rojas said that they
will defend their
position, and will even
try to improve it.
Disagreements between
the blocs may prompt
them to bring the case
from technical teams to
chief negotiators,
according to analysts. |
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