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The Costa Rican government is prioritising joining the Indo-Pacific trade agreement by the end of the year, Trade Minister Manuel Tovar told Euronews in an interview.
The minister described the region as "a dynamic hub of opportunity" amid rising global trade tensions between the US and China, and affirmed that Costa Rica is prioritising the CPTPP over other trade deals, such as the EU-Mercosur agreement.
Costa Rica is one of a number of countries hoping to join the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP).
In 2017, under the first Trump administration, the US officially withdrew from the C
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