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Under Secretary Padilla Discusses Trade and Investment in Central America

Washington (Feb. 22)—Under Secretary for International Trade Christopher A. Padilla discusses efforts to strengthen trade and investment ties in Central America before reporters at the Foreign Press Center. Padilla will travel to Honduras, Nicaragua and Costa Rica Feb. 25-29 to review implementation of the CAFTA-DR. Within one year of CAFTA-DR coming into force, the United States went from a trade deficit to a trade surplus with its CAFTA-DR partners. (More)