Seven leaders of Central American and Caribbean countries called on Japanese companies Thursday to use their nations as U.S.-bound export platforms, according to businesspeople who attended a forum with the leaders.
The heads of Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Panama and the Dominican Republic made the appeal on the heels of the free-trade agreement with the U.S. that is expected to take effect in 2006.
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