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Costa Rican importers decry black market avocados 1 year after ban

Agricultural importers say contraband Mexican Hass avocados have been appearing in farmers markets around the capital lately.

Ex-trade minister Anabel González: TPP, like CAFTA, will help Costa Rica in long run

Former Costa Rica foreign trade minister Anabel González says eventual membership in the controversial Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) mega trade pact would benefit Costa Rica, just as DR-CAFTA has.

Canada, Mexico win WTO nod for $1 billion in trade sanctions against US

Canada and Mexico won WTO approval Monday to impose some $1 billion a year in trade sanctions against the United States over its country-of-origin labeling requirement for beef and pork.

A look at the Trans-Pacific Partnership, which rewrites rules on trade in autos, patented drugs

The Trans-Pacific Partnership, a tentative agreement on trade negotiated by a dozen Pacific-rim nations, will slightly pry open Japan's famously closed rice market, protect brand-name drugs from generic competitors for at least five years and lower tariffs on automobiles.

Trans-Pacific Partnership: 12 Pacific countries seal huge free trade deal

Twelve Pacific rim countries sealed a Trans-Pacific Partnership deal early Monday on creating the world's largest free trade area, delivering U.S. President Barack Obama a major policy triumph.

Trans-Pacific Partnership negotiators push hard for deal

ATLANTA, Georgia – Officials from 12 countries including the United States, Japan and Australia appeared close to a deal on an ambitious Pacific Rim trade pact Saturday as negotiations went into the second day of overtime.

Op-ed: Let’s see a Trans-Pacific Partnership that respects workers’ rights

The Trans-Pacific Partnership being negotiated between the United States and 11 other Pacific Rim nations has been characterized as the most progressive trade agreement in our history, with the strongest labor and environment provisions ever. But what is the benchmark?

US lawmakers ease Obama’s path to Pacific trade deal

The Trans-Pacific Partnership is a trade framework negotiated between Australia, Brunei, Canada, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam. Costa Rica has expressed interest in joining.

US, Latin American leaders push hard for proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership

WASHINGTON, D.C. – If someone asked you to excite your friends and colleagues about the potential of TPA and what it could do for TPP – and ultimately TTIP – the request might sound like an alphabet-soup of gibberish.

Chilean entrepreneurs looking for business partners in Costa Rica

A group of small and medium Chilean companies, mostly providers of health and cosmetics products and services, this week are visiting the country to seek business opportunities.

Costa Rican legislature ratifies free trade agreement with Colombia

The Legislative Assembly of Costa Rica ratified a free trade agreement with Colombia on Thursday night that covers approximately 70 percent of exports from both countries, according to an official source on Friday.
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Astronomers Discover Fastest Known Star in the Milky Way

Scientists have discovered S301, a star traveling at 8% of the speed of light around the black hole at the center of the Milky Way. Its orbit could help test Einstein’s theory of relativity and reveal how quickly Sagittarius A* rotates.

Costa Rica Weekend Forecast Calls for Rain and Thunderstorms

Unfortunately, the break in the rain won't last. Costa Rica's National Meteorological Institute expects instability to build over the weekend, and Saturday is shaping...

Costa Rica Plans to Move Domestic Flights Out of Juan Santamaría

If you fly into Costa Rica and connect onward to Drake Bay, Tortuguero, Nosara or Puerto Jiménez, the government wants to move that second...

Costa Rica Plants a Tiny Urban Forest in Curridabat

Around 1,540 native plants are being placed in a small area of Curridabat to create an experimental urban forest using the Japanese Miyawaki method.