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EU, Latin America to go with negotiations on tariff cuts

07/21/08 14:11

Costa Rica, the world's second largest banana exporter, is on its way, along with its neighboring nations, to make negotiations with the EU nations to cut down tariff on imports.

According to farmers in Costa Rica, tariff cuts will greatly reduce operating costs, which will eventually benefit farmers better in the long term. EU, for its part, said that it will be devastating for the local economy.

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Tags: bananas • local economy • import tarriffs • european union •
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How much does a banana cost at the international border?

We all used to make excuses in our school, home and even continue to do so in our office whenever we are late and the boss shouts at us. But what sort of excuse would you come up with if you are caught at an international border with a whopping sum of nearly 4 hundred thousand dollars? Surely you wont say you are out there to buy bananas! But these guys thought differently

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