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Special About Trade with the US

El Financiero published a special on Business Opportunities in the United States with valuable information about the market in northern country.

Monday, March 23, 2009

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Facing the crisis with the premise of not losing a single customer and reaching more customers is the recommendation of the report which insists that despite the recession there are commercial opportunities to be exploited.

Kattia Bermúdez Mora, in her presentation of a special supplement in Elfinancierocr.com, indicated that "the goal must be to resist in spite of the adversity. You must take into account that with the entry into force of the Free Trade Agreement with the United States on January 1 of this year, the rules of the game are now even and the fight for the market becomes more intense among the member countries to attract the attention of an increasingly pessimistic consumer."

Source: elfinancierocr.com

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