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Wednesday 09
March 2011 |
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Cuba, El
Salvador
to Hold
Trade
Talks
San
Salvado
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El
Salvador
and Cuba
are
expected
to hold
the
First
Round of
Negotiations
in
Havana
on
Wednesday
to
establish
a
Partial-Reach
Agreement,
the
Ministry
of
Economy
announced.
The
talks,
running
until
March
10, are
attended
by Trade
Policy
Director
Carlos
Moreno
and
Deputy
Director
Alma
Sonia
Nuila,
according
to a
communiqué
released
by the
ministryâ�Ös
website.
Cooperation
and
promotion
of Cuban
technology
transfer
to El
Salvador
are
among
issues
to be
discussed,
said
Moreno.
The
effort
to
establish
a
Partial-Reach
Agreement
is in
response
to the
interest
of
Salvadorian
exporting
firms
that
sell
their
goods to
Cuba and
a legal
framework
is
required
to
increase
trade
with
Cuba, he
said.
According
to
Moreno,
three
negotiation
rounds
have
been
scheduled
in order
to reach
the
partial
agreement,
with
trade
balance
expected
to be
favorable
to El
Salvador.
He cited
market
access,
rules of
origin,
controversy
settlement,
sanitary
and
fitosanitary
measures
are
among
issues
to be
discussed
in
Havana.
Moreno
recalled
that a
memorandum
of
understanding
to
establish
a
Partial-Reach
Agreement
was
signed
during
President
Mauricio
Funesâ�Ö
visit to
Havana
in
October,
2010.
El
Salvador
sells to
Cuba
medicines,
syringes,
paper,
cardboard,
suture
needles
and
mattresses,
and buys
from the
Island
vitamins,
lab
diagnosis
reagents,
jute
fabrics
and
antibiotics,
among
other
items,
according
to the
Ministry
of
Economy. |
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