Wednesday, July 25, 2007

TLC. FREE ACCESS OF 99% OF ITS MARKET TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC

Pressure continues.
Us team of negotiator kept their pressure on Dominican team which persist in maintaining its list of protection.
San Juan Puerto Rico.
United States reaffirmed yesterday its interest in closing, as soon as possible, the agenda of free commerce with Dominican Republic.
In just two days of accommodations has offered to his Dominican partners free access to 99% of its market, 10% more of what has been given in the Cuenca del Caribe agreement. It just leaves out of the agreement 17 lines of shoes, two of canning Atun, and peanuts.

It is the most generous offer that has been made by the United States to any Country, remarked the chief leader of the negotiation team of Dominican Republic, Sonia Guzman. Although the letter of Dominican Republic continues to be a sort of secret, Guzman pointed out that the United States cannot pretend that the Dominican Republic will open its market in the same proportion. Acknowledges the need of protection.

The supposed list of priorities of the United States of access to the market circulated unofficially. Nevertheless, Mr. Jesus de los Santos and Osmar Benitez, coordinator and negotiator respectively, of access to Agriculture market and Sanitary measures denied the status of official of the document and that the same is the matrix of the accommodations. Is going to be today when the negotiators will start to work with the list of product that will enter as a part of the free commerce with the private sector. A hard task, considering that the Country has approximately 10,000.00 items. Guzman denied the rumors of pressure on her to eliminate duties for the products within technical rectification.

For more details on TLC, go to www.fgasoc.com.do, www.dominican-realestate.com.do.

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