Costa Rica’s Laura Chinchilla signs into law free trade agreement with China

Laura Chinchilla, the Costa Rican president, signed into law a free trade accord with China.

With the new agreement, 70 percent of Costa Rica’s exports will be benefited by free trade agreements, the government said.

Trade between China and Costa Rica has grown 14-fold since 2000, reaching $1.3 billion last year.

Original source: Bloomberg