Costa Rica’s Presidenta Laura Chinchilla is readying to travel to Colombia today to attend the Pacifc Alliance summit being held in Cali.
At the summit, Chinchilla will request the inclusion of Costa Rica in the trade bloc that is comprised of Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Chile, representing more than 200 million people, the equivalent population of Brazil and two thirds of the United States and generate a gross domestic product equal to 35% of all Latin America.
To become a member, Costa Rica needs free trade agreements with the member countries.
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On her arrival in Colombia, Chinchilla will meet with Colombian president, Juan Manuel Santos, to sign a bilateral trade agreement between Costa Rica and Colombia. Costa Rica already has trade treaties with the other Pacific Alliance countries.
Other countries have their eyes on the Pacific Alliance accrording to the Colombia’s Foreign Ministry.
Attending the two day summit will also be Panama’s president, Ricadro Martinelli; Canada’s Prime Minister, Stephen Harper; Spain’s Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy and Guatemala’s president, Otto Perez.
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