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| | Sidley Austin | Client Resources | August 5, 2005 - Latin American Edition |
 | | It has been reported that on August 2, 2005 the Central American Free Trade Agreement, the trade agreement among the US, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and the Dominican Republic, was signed by President Bush. |
 | | It has been reported that on August 1, 2005 an arbitration panel of the WTO declared a proposed EU tariff of 230 (US$279) per ton of banana imports illegal on the ground that it would affect total market access for Latin American exporters. |
 | | The ruling was in response to a challenge initiated by nine Latin American countries, consisting of Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama. |
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