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SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Costa Rica is finally ready to join the Central American Free Trade Agreement after a four-year battle in the nation's congress.Costa Rica signed the trade accord in 2004 along with the rest of...

SAN JOSE (AFP)--Costa Rica is prepared to negotiate a free trade deal with China next year, the foreign trade minister said here Monday ahead of a visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao next week."The ministry now has enough criteria"...

Costa Rica's economy is 64.8 percent free, according to our 2008 assessment, which makes it the world's 49th freest economy.Its overall score is 0.2 percentage point higher than last year. Costa Rica is ranked 11th out of 29 countries...