Canada-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement (e-Course)

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Syllabus of the Online Subject: Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between Costa Rica and Canada

  1. Introduction to the Canada-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement (FTA)
  2. Benefits of the Canada-Costa Rica Agreement
  3. Certification of Origin
  4. Market Access for Goods
  5. Canada-Costa Rica Agreement on Environmental Cooperation
  6. International Trade between Canada and Costa Rica

The eLearning Subject “Costa Rica-Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA)” is part of the following Online Higher Education Programs taught by EENI Business School & HA University:
  1. Masters: International Business, Foreign Trade, America
  2. Doctorates: Business in America, Foreign Trade
  3. Course: Business in Central America

Higher Education programs adapted to Canadian Students

Learning materials in Master in International Business in English or Study Master Doctorate Business in Spanish Costa Rica-Canada Study, Master in International Business in French Costa Rica-Canada

Example of the Online Subject: Free Trade Agreement between Costa Rica and Canada
Costa Rica-Canada Free Trade Agreement (Course)





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Description of the Online Subject: Canada-Costa Rica Free Trade Agreement (FTA).

The Costa Rica-Canada Free Trade Agreement came into force in 2002.

The objectives of the Costa Rica-Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA) are to:

  1. Establish a free-trade area
  2. Promote regional integration through an instrument that contributes to the creation of the Free-Trade Area of the Americas
  3. Create opportunities for economic development
  4. Eliminate Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT)
  5. Facilitate cross-border movement of products between Costa Rica and Canada
  6. Increase substantially foreign direct investment (FDI) opportunities in Costa Rica and Canada
  7. Facilitate bilateral trade in services
  8. Promote fair competition conditions in the free-trade area;
  9. Create efficient procedures for the implementation and application of this agreement, for its joint administration and dispute resolution

Costa Rica will eliminate its tariffs instantly on some 67% of its tariff lines, and over a period of up to fourteen years for the remaining products, while Canada will provide immediate duty-free access for some 86% of its tariff lines. The remaining products being subject to tariff elimination over a period of up to eight years.

The Costa Rica-Canada Free Trade Agreement includes cooperation agreements on environment and labour.

International Trade between Canada and Costa Rica.

  1. International trade in goods: 544.9 million dollars
  2. Exported products: 108.8 million dollars
  3. Imports from the Republic of Costa Rica: 436.1 million dollars
  4. Costa Rica is the largest trading partner of Canada in Central America, accounting for 31% of trade of products of Canada with the region

Agreement Costa Rica-Canada

Costa Rica belongs to Latin American Economic Area and Canada to North American area of Christian Civilisation.

Costa Rica Free Trade Agreements (FTA).

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