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Minister
of Foreign Affairs of United Kingdom visits Costa
Rica
By the A.M. Costa Rica staff Lorena Aguilar Revelo, Minister for Foreign Affairs, was visited by Sir Simon McDonald, Deputy Permanent Secretary of the Office of Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Head of the United Kingdom Diplomatic Service. According to the Ministry, the meeting agenda covered issues such as the environment, climate change, promotion of democracy, as well as the strengthening of trade relations between the two countries. "Costa Rica thanks the United Kingdom for the support they received when joining the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD," said the Ministry in its statement. According to the Ministry, the United Kingdom is one of the main export markets for Costa Rica and given the possibility of permanent exit in the European Union before October 31, Costa Rica signed a regional agreement with the United Kingdom, for continuing the relations between Central America and the European Union. Minister McDonald was accompanied by Hannah Burden, Deputy Office Director, Mr. Ross Denny, Ambassador of His British Majesty and Mrs. Anne Aithroth, Deputy Chief of Mission. As A.M. Costa Rica reported on July 19th, the government of the United Kingdom announced it had signed the American Association Agreement with Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, and Panamá. According to the U.K. Foreign & Commonwealth Office statement, Ambassador Ross Denny signed the agreement in Managua, Nicaragua, together with trade and economic ministers from each of the six Central American countries. "The agreement will ensure British businesses and consumers benefit from continued trade with Central America after we leave the European Union," said the Foreign & Commonwealth Office in its statement. "It provides tariff-free trade of industrial, agricultural food, and fisheries products." "The Consumers in the U.K. will continue to benefit from lower prices on goods imported from Central American countries that are parties to this agreement," said the British government. According to Foreign Office authorities, trading on these preferential terms rather than on the World Trade Organization (WTO) terms will deliver significant savings and help to support British jobs. "The trading between the U.K. and Central America was worth £1 billion in British exports and imports in 2018," said Minister its statement. The U.K. has signed or agreed in principle to 13 trade continuity agreements with 38 countries which include some of the island nation's biggest trading partners. ------------------------ What is your opinion about how Britain's decision to leave the European Union will affect Central American exports? We would like to know your thoughts on this story. Send your comments to news@amcostarica.com |
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