EFTA-Central America Agreement

EENI- School of International Business

Sub-subject: The Central America-European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Free Trade Agreement. Syllabus:

1. Introduction to the Central America-European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Free Trade Agreement
2. Topics covered by the Central America-European Free Trade Association FTA
3. The Foreign Trade between the Central American Countries (Costa Rica, Guatemala and Panama) and the EFTA's Countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland)

Sample of the subject - Central America-European Free Trade Association (EFTA) Free Trade Agreement:

Description of the Sub-Subject: The European Free Trade Association (EFTA)-Central America Free Trade Agreement.

Entry into force of the EFTA-Central American (Costa Rica, Guatemala and Panama) Free Trade Agreement (FTA):

1. Costa Rica, Panama, Liechtenstein, Switzerland and Norway: August 2014
2. Iceland: September 2014
3. Guatemala: pending

The main objective of the European Free Trade Association-Central America (Costa Rica, Guatemala and Panama) Free Trade Agreement (FTA) is to set-up a free trade area.

The European Free Trade Association (EFTA)-Central American States (Costa Rica, Guatemala and Panama) Free Trade Agreement (13 chapters) covers:

1. Trade in Goods (elimination of all customs duties on industrial products)
2. Trade in Services
3. Government Procurement markets
4. Competition
5. Trade and sustainable development
6. Protection of the intellectual property rights (IPR)
7. Investment (FDI)
8. Dispute Settlement
9. Cooperation
10. Trade facilitation: sanitary and phytosanitary measures, technical regulations
11. ...

The EFTA belongs to the European Economic Area and the Central American Countries (Costa Rica, Guatemala and Panama) to the Latin American Economic Area.