WASHINGTON (AP) - Overcoming a last-minute snag on textiles, the
United States reached a free-trade agreement on Wednesday with four
Central American countries.
Negotiators reached agreement in all areas, including textiles and
agriculture, U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick announced at a
news conference with the trade ministers of Guatemala, El Salvador,
Nicaragua and Honduras.
"Negotiations began last January, and today we have fulfilled that
vision with a cutting-edge, modern free-trade agreement to tear down
the tariff walls that block trade between the United States and
Central America, between friends and neighbors," Zoellick said.
A fifth nation, Costa …
