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US Issues Annual IPR Country Report 5/3/2012 The Office of the United States Trade Representative has released its annual
‘Special 301 Report’ on the perceived adequacy and effectiveness of
US trading partners’ protection and enforcement of intellectual property
rights (IPR).
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France Publishes Revised 2012 'Black List' 4/26/2012 French Finance Minister François Baroin and Budget Minister Valérie
Pécresse have recently updated the country’s ‘black
list’ of countries deemed to be ‘uncooperative’ in tax matters.
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Canada, Costa Rica To Expand FTA 4/25/2012 Canada and Costa Rica have concluded a third round of talks on the expansion and modernization of their existing free trade agreement.
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Results Of Annual US Review Of Telecommunications Trade Agreements 4/10/2012 United States Trade Representative Ron Kirk has announced the results of
the 2012 annual review of the operation and effectiveness of telecommunications
trade agreements under Section 1377 of the Omnibus Trade and Competitiveness Act
of 1988.
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Costa Rica Introduces New Corporate Tax 4/10/2012 Costa Rica has introduced a new annual tax on all corporate structures, pegged
to average public sector salaries.
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OECD Issues New Peer Reviews 4/5/2012 The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, publishing eleven new peer reviews, has said that the vast majority of territories which have been subject to critical assessments have implemented satisfactory legislative regimes that can facilitate the exchange of information on request.
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Costa Rica Off French Tax 'Black List' 3/2/2012 Costa Rica has welcomed the decision of the French government to remove it from a 'black list' of
non-cooperative territories, a decision that the nation's Finance Minister said would have positive ramifications for investment flows.
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Canada, Costa Rica Hold Talks To Improve FTA 2/14/2012 Canada and Costa Rica have concluded a second round of talks on the improvement of their existing free trade agreement.
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Peru, Mexico FTA Comes Into Force 2/3/2012 An updated free trade pact between Peru and Mexico, which will increase the number
of tariff items with preferences attached to 12,000, entered into force on February
1, 2012.
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Costa Rican Compliance Drive Brings Down Deficit 1/16/2012 The Costa Rican government has said that increased efforts to tackle tax avoidance and evasion
yielded a deeper-than-expected reduction in the territory's fiscal deficit
during 2011.
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Central American Free Trade Pact Sealed 12/12/2011 Mexico and five Central American nations, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Costa Rica,
Honduras, and Guatemala have agreed to the signing of a new consolidated Free
Trade Agreement, to unify existing bilateral arrangements under one pact.
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Costa Rica Targets Corporate Tax Irregularities 11/10/2011 Over the past two months the Costa Rican tax authority has closed more than 50 businesses around the
country for various tax irregularities including late payment of tax and failure
to provide receipts to customers.
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Canada, Costa Rica Look At Improving FTA 11/9/2011 Negotiations have begun between Canada and Costa Rica on the proposed modernization of their existing free trade agreement, it has been announced.
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Barbados Explores Latin American Economic Synergies 10/19/2011 The Barbados government commenced a trade mission to Costa Rica and Panama on
October 18, aimed at realising the potential of the Caribbean Community-Costa
Rica Free Trade Agreement and to look at potential synergies between Barbados
and Panama, including in the field of financial services.
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India Rapidly Expanding Tax Agreement Network 10/17/2011 India is playing a major role in the global crusade against black money and has completed negotiations for 16 new tax information exchange agreements, according to the chairman of the Central Board of Direct Taxes M C Joshi.
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Caribbean Territories Sign Up To Anti-Corruption Drive 9/15/2011 A number of offshore Caribbean territories have notified their consent to receive
on-site visits to evaluate their compliance with the Inter-American
Convention against Corruption.
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Jamaica, Costa Rica Attempt To Move Trade Deal 8/19/2011 Jamaica and Costa Rica are attempting to press forward with the formal implementation of a seven-year-old free trade agreement, and have held talks designed to move the process along.
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Canada, Costa Rica Strengthen Tax, Trade Relationship 8/15/2011 Canada and Costa Rica's economic relations have been strengthened with the signature of two key new deals and the launch of talks to modernize an existing free trade agreement.
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China-Costa Rica FTA Takes Effect 8/2/2011 The bilateral free trade agreement between China and Costa Rica, the negotiations
for which began in January 2009 and which was signed in April last year, came
into effect on August 1, 2011.
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Australia Signs TIEAs With Costa Rica and Macao 7/14/2011 Costa Rica and the Special Administrative region of Macao, People's Republic of China, have become the latest jurisdictions to sign agreements with Australia on the exchange of information for tax purposes.
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Latin American States Expand Treaty Networks 7/5/2011 Panama and Costa Rica have expanded their tax treaty networks, with the former signing a new double tax agreement, and the latter inking seven tax information exchange agreements.
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Costa Rica Renews Tax Reform Push 6/23/2011 The Costa Rican government has renewed its efforts to implement a comprehensive tax reform programme, presenting a new motion to parliament which it says has the support of a cross-party group of lawmakers.
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EFTA Unveils Progress On FTAs 6/23/2011 Following a recent gathering of European Free Trade Association ministers
in Schaan, the Liechtenstein administration announced details of the signing of
a free trade agreement with Hong Kong.
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Costa Rica Ratifies China FTA 6/6/2011 Costa Rican legislators have ratified their free trade agreement with China, which, once implemented, could see 99.6% of the country's total exports enter China duty free.
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Mexico Renegotiates Central American FTAs 6/2/2011 Mexico has taken a further step forward in its aim of renegotiating its Central American trade treaties, with the conclusion of a fifth round of talks.
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Peru Expands Regional FTAs 6/1/2011 Peru has added to its treaty network, signing new free trade agreements with Panama and Costa Rica.
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Mexico, Costa Rica Sign TIEA 5/23/2011 Mexico and Costa Rica have signed an agreement providing for the mutual exchange of information on tax, designed to combat tax evasion and comply with international standards.
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Costa Rican Tax Reform Plan Hits Another Dead End 5/9/2011 A coalition of opposition parties in Costa Rica has gained control of the
National Assembly, thwarting the ruling National Liberation Party's plans for tax reform, and agreeing to cooperate on
drafting new fiscal policy.
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Costa Rican Tax Reform Needed, Says IMF 4/15/2011 Concluding its mission to Costa Rica, the International Monetary Fund has said that the medium term economic outlook is broadly positive, and that tax reform is key to the securing of a higher revenue base.
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EFTA Pursuing New Free Trade Pacts 4/1/2011 The European Free Trade Association has announced the commencement of free
trade negotiations with Bosnia and Herzegovina, and discussions for a further free trade agreement with a consortium
of Central American countries, with an exploratory meeting held on March 23.
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CAFTA-DR Free Trade Commission To Assist SMEs 2/28/2011 Trade ministers representing Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador,
Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua recently met with Miriam E. Sapiro, Deputy Trade
Representative for the United States at the first meeting in San Salvador of the
Dominican Republic-Central America-United States Free Trade Commission.
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WTO Reviews Transparency Mechanism For RTAs 2/15/2011 The World Trade Organization's Negotiating Group on Rules, on February 4, 2011, commenced its review of the WTO Transparency Mechanism for Regional Trade Agreements by considering two proposals: one from the United States for the consideration of all RTAs under a single WTO Committee; and one from Ecuador for procedural adjustments to the mechanism.
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MEPs Approve Deal On Latin American Banana Imports 2/8/2011 The 2009 Geneva agreement on European Union import tariffs for bananas from
Latin American countries, which is designed to end the longest-running dispute
in the history of international trade, has received the backing of the European
Parliament.
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Switzerland Tops Competitiveness League 9/13/2010 Switzerland has claimed top spot in The Global Competitiveness Report 2010-2011,
as released by the World Economic Forum on September 9. In the rankings, the United
States has fallen two places to fourth position, overtaken by Sweden (2nd) and
Singapore (3rd), after already ceding the top place to Switzerland last year.
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Costa Rica Announces Gambling Tax Plans 8/23/2010 The Costa Rican ministry of finance has published revised plans to tax and regulate gambling, after casinos threatened to quit the country when consulted on the original tax proposals.
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Mexico And Central America Work Towards Free Trade 8/12/2010 Mexico and Central American countries have started a second round of negotiations to seek to integrate the various free trade agreements signed between them and Mexico.
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Argentina, India Initial Customs Agreement 8/4/2010 Argentinian tax chief, Ricardo Echegaray, has negotiated with officials of the Indian Central Board of Customs and Excise to conclude an agreement for co-operation and mutual assistance in customs operations, with the aim of promoting trade between both countries.
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Central America Plans Customs Union 7/29/2010 Presidents and high level officials from Belize, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama have met to adopt a 'comprehensive agenda' on regional integration.
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Canada Begins TIEA Negotiations With Four States 7/26/2010 The Canadian government has announced that, in the last two months, negotiations
towards establishing official lines of cooperation between the Canada Revenue
Agency and third countries’ tax authorities have begun with four countries.
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South Korea Looks For FTAs In Central America 7/6/2010 South Korea’s President, Lee Myung-bak, has held recent meetings with the
leaders of Panama and the other countries in the Central American Integration
System, Colombia and Mexico, and has attempted, with each, to progress
discussions on bilateral free trade agreements.
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OECD: Three More Caribbean Islands Make The Grade 5/21/2010 Dominica, Grenada and Saint Lucia have been moved into the category of jurisdictions considered to have substantially implemented the standard on transparency and exchange of information, having now all signed at least 12 exchange of information agreements conforming to the standard.
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EU Signs FTA With Central America 5/20/2010 European Union member states and nations of Central America concluded an ‘Association
Agreement’ at a joint summit on May 19, 2010. The agreement removes tax
barriers to trade between the two parties, facilitating increased economic activity
between the two blocs.
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Costa Rica Plans Online Gambling Tax 5/14/2010 The newly elected president of Costa Rica, 51 year old Laura Chinchilla Miranda, has an ambitious agenda to combat crime, for which she needs to increase revenues by introducing a 5% tax on casinos and online gambling earnings.
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Singapore And Costa Rica Sign FTA 4/7/2010 Costa Rica’s Minister of Foreign Trade, Marco Ruiz, and Singapore’s
Senior Minister of State for Trade and Industry and Education, S Iswaran,
have signed a free trade agreement between their two countries in Singapore.
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OECD Promotes Multilateral TIEAs 3/31/2010 The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development has developed a new approach to negotiating tax information exchange agreements involving multilateral negotiations, in order to assist developing countries with resource constraints.
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