71. The country has low agricultural productivity. 72. Our country has to export more in order to earn more foreign exchange. 73. Costa Rica This Central American country has one of the most ambitious programs in the world to reserve the ecological diversity of its tropical rain forests. 74. Neither country had other exports of any consequence. 75. To qualify for US debt relief, countries had to be engaged in IMF- or World Bank-approved economic reform programmes. 76. Because of its favourable climate, terrain and irrigation facilities, the country had considerable agricultural potential, including one of the richest fishing grounds. 77. EFTA member countries would have no right to vote on new EC legislation. 78. The two countries had no formal relations. 79. The doctrine rested on the assumption that the country had no natural enemies and advanced no territorial claims on its neighbours. 80. Furthermore, both countries have a good track record in software and have extensive computer networks. |