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Ministry of Trade and Industry
1. Press releases

Joint Press Release on the successful accession of Costa Rica to the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement

17 September 2026

Chile, New Zealand, Singapore and the Republic of Korea, Parties to the Digital Economy Partnership Agreement (DEPA), are pleased to welcome Costa Rica as the DEPA’s fifth Party, and the second member to accede to the agreement. Parties met on the sidelines of the Future of Investment and Trade Partnership meeting in Auckland, New Zealand for the presentation of Costa Rica’s Instrument of Accession.

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Jointly issued by the Undersecretariat of International Economic Relations, Chile; Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, New Zealand; Ministry of Trade and Industry, Singapore; Ministry of Trade, Industry and Resources, Republic of Korea; and Ministry of Foreign Trade, Costa Rica.

17 SEPTEMBER 2026