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Caribbean & Central America - January 2006 (ISSN 1741-4458)
PANAMA: Setback for US trade deal
Panama's efforts to ensure that it is not the only country in Central
America without a free-trade agreement with the US* were frustrated in January.
The agriculture minister, Laurentino Cortizo, resigned from his post over his
concerns that Panama would be compelled to compromise its food health standards
in order to seal the deal with the US.
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