China, Costa Rica to launch trade talks
Tuesday, November 18th, 2008China and Costa Rica will launch free trade talks in January and hope to seal a deal by 2010, Chinese President Hu Jintao said Monday during his first visit to a Central American country.
Hu spent most of the day in Costa Rica with a delegation of 100 businessmen as part of China’s investment march into resource-rich Latin America, before heading to Cuba for a two-day visit aimed at strengthening ties with Havana.
China’s trade with Latin America has jumped from $10 billion in 2000 to $102.6 billion last year and it is now Costa Rica’s second most important trade partner. (more…)
