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Tough
Negotiations With EU
According to the Costa Rican
minister of Foreign Affairs, a
FTA with the European Union
would mean a historic
opportunity to Costa Rica.
But the country will have to
make a very serious and tough
proposition, because smaller
parties generally get swallowed
up by others superior in size.
Therefore, Costa Rica would have
to be tough in eventual
negotiations, as the EU strongly
protects its agriculture with
subsidies.
The imports of cheap European
agricultural products could be
seen as a threat for domestic
producers. That a FTA would
result in more favourable
conditions for banana exports,
is not a guarantee of course.
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