China, Costa
Rica Make Progress On Free Trade Talks
Chinese and Costa Rican commercial
delegations said Wednesday that they were
satisfied with the progress made through the
third round of negotiations for a free trade
agreement (FTA) between the two countries.
The negotiations, held in San Jose from June
15 to 17, cleared some issues for the fourth
round to be held in Beijing from Sept. 15 to
18.
Chinese chief negotiator Zhu Hong said that
"the Costa Rican side has promised us that
the offer will be better in the coming
round," Zhu said in a press conference in
San Jose.
"We had a good discussion on almost all the
issues like services, commercial defense,
controversies solutions, commercial values
and other issues of cooperation," Zhu said.
Costa Rican chief negotiator Fernando Ocampo
told the press on Wednesday that during the
round there was a large range of agreement
on issues like the national treatment and
sanitary measures.
"So, we can foresee a definite agreement on
these issues for the coming round in
Beijing," Ocampo said.
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