At the 8th Meeting of the CPTPP Commission in November 2024, Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP) members achieved consensus to establish an accession working group for Costa Rica. The final decision will be dependent on the consensus of the CPTPP Parties.
The Government of Canada is now soliciting the views of Canadians on the potential accession of Costa Rica to the CPTPP.
All interested parties are invited to submit their views by March 16, 2025.
The CPTPP is a free trade agreement in force between Canada and 10 other countries in the Indo-Pacific region: Australia, Brunei, Chile, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore and Vietnam. On December 15, 2024, the United Kingdom became a Party to the Agreement.