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By Getzalette Reyes for La Prensa - Panama's National Assembly approved the recently signed Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with the United States yester read more »
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By Adam Thomson in Panama City for the Financial Times - Samuel Lewis, PanamaÂ’s vice-president, has urged the US Congress to push ahead with ratific read more »
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By VOA News - Panama's legislature has ratified a free trade agreement with the United States. On Wednesday, the country's national assembly voted i read more »
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By Manuel Luna G. for La Estrella - Labor strikes, legal litigation, and little profits have forced thirty companies to close in Bocas del Toro, inc read more »
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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - Regular readers know I've been watching Petaquilla (PTQMF) like a hawk for years. If you've taken my good advic read more »
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El Siglo - Panama's President Martin Torrijos and Labor Minister Reynaldo Rivera signed Executive Decree No. 17 of 20 July 2007, which names a new N read more »
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By Roberto E. Quelne for La Estrella - Panama will lead economic growth in all of Latin America and the Caribbean in 2007 at a rate of 8.5%, accordi read more »
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Panama America - Customs collected $295.8 million dollars in the first seven months of 2007, representing a 31.5% increase compared to the same period of time last year. A report prepared by Customs for the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) read more »
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By Xenia De León for the Panama America - The mega-projects that will be built in Panama from now until 2014 will bring some $15 billion dollars into the country, according to Fabio Bedoya Carrera, the Coordinator of Projects with International read more »
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MUMBAI (Thomson Financial) - Moody's Investors Service said Panama's 'BA1' foreign-currency government bond rating and stable outlook are supported by a dynamic service sector that has served to shield the economy from the volatility observed in ot read more »
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By John Godfrey WASHINGTON -(Dow Jones)- Ratifying free-trade agreements with Panama and Peru will be at the top of Congress' fall agenda, but high-ranking Democrats, such as the mayors of Chicago and Los Angeles, want lawmakers to go further. A su read more »
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By Mike Godfrey, Tax-News.com - A dynamic services sector, a strong investment climate and the Panama Canal expansion programme are expected to ensure that economic growth in Panama exceeds last year's 8.1%. This is the conclusion of Moody's, the i read more »
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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - I just got off the phone with Kent Shigetomi who works for the office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR). The USTR is an agency of over 200 people, a highly committed group of professionals who read more »
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By Manuel Madriz for Caribbean Net News - In Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago at the invitation of CARICOM and led by Trinidad and Tobago, the First Round of Negotiations between CARICOM-Central America and Panama was held from 8 - 10 August 2007, read more »
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Panama's pending free-trade agreement with Washington could be endangered by the election as head of the country's National Assembly of a man who Washington believes is responsible for the murder of a US soldier in Panama in 1992, according to one read more »
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PANAMA CITY, Sept. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Banco Latinoamericano de Exportaciones, S.A. (Bladex) , announced today that the $0.22 per share quarterly cash dividend corresponding to the third quarter of 2007 and approved by the Board of Dire read more »
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Panama City, Sept. 17 (CNA) A Taiwan trade delegation organized by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) and the Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) arrived in Panama Sunday to conduct procurement and examine the investment climate read more »
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By DON WINNER for Panama-Guide.com - The World Trade Organization (WTO) just released their Trade Policy Review (TPR) for Panama (which follows). A generally liberal trade regime; further reforms would help maintain growth. Panama maintains an esse read more »
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BY JOACHIM BAMRUD for the Latin Business Chronicle - While China's trade with Latin America is getting most of the attention, another Asian nation is also showing strong growth in trade with the region. Singapore's trade with Latin America has been read more »
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Panama City - Panama and Taiwan on Monday proposed a sharp increase in bilateral economic ties in the fields of construction, industry and the exploitation of marine resources in light of a free trade agreement between the two countries. Panamanian read more »
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