Costa Rica seeks help from World Trade Organization in export dispute with neighboring Panama

Published 2021년 8월 26일

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Costa Rica's industrial sector has approached the World Trade Organization (WTO) for the establishment of an arbitration panel to resolve its dispute with Panama. The dispute arose on July 1, 2020, when Panama imposed a blockade on Costa Rican agricultural and horticultural exports, including fruits and beef, allegedly due to the non-renewal of health permits by Costa Rican fruit and vegetable companies. Despite efforts to amicably resolve the issue, Costa Rica has now requested the WTO to intervene, deeming the Panamanian measures "unjustified" and unwilling to reach a mutually satisfactory solution.

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Costa Rican industrialists have requested the creation of an arbitration panel at the World Trade Organization (WTO) over its dispute with Panama over the blockade of agricultural and horticultural exports. Since July 1, 2020, Costa Rica has had products such as various fruits (strawberry, pineapple and banana) blocked, as well as beef and other products. The dispute has been on the table at the WTO's Dispute Settlement Body since January 11, when Costa Rica requested consultations over the trade barrier imposed by Panama, alleging that Costa Rican fruit and vegetable companies failed to renew health permits. For Costa Rica, the measures taken by its ...

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