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SANTO DOMINGO.- The Dominican Government will not yield to Haiti pressures seeking tariffs for local products exported to that country, said National Trade Negotiations Commission secretary executive Caesar Dargam yesterday. “The Government is clear; it’ll not sacrifice the national production to yield to any type of agreement."
He said however the negotiations so Haiti signs the Association Economic Agreement (EPA) aren’t over yet
The official revealed that new proposals surfaced in separate meetings last week with the European Commission and Haiti and national representatives, which still need to be defined, including to reduce the 70 products which Haiti has opposed during the signature of the EPA, and to know which tariff would be set on national products.
At the time of signing the EPA between the Cariforum countries and the European Commission, Haiti decided not to sign and presented a challenge to at least 194 tariff lines, but reduced to 70 after negotiations.
The local products that reach the Haitian market with zero tariff include eggs, chicken, oil, flour, steel and dairy products.
Dargam said that although it would be a long process, the possibility of a trade agreement between both countries remains open, and noted the good rapport between the private and public sectors in both nations.
He stressed however that there’re still no official negotiations for a bilateral agreement, for which the EPA acquires importance as a transparent mechanism for trade between both countries.
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Cónsul de RD en Haití critica altos aranceles a cobran haitianos a rubros dominicanos
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10:32 AM - SANTO DOMINGO.- El encargado de Comercio de República Dominicana en Haití, Carlos Castillo, cuestionó la decisión del Gobierno del vecino país de cobrar aranceles más altos a los productos dominicanos que a los de otras naciones. “Hemos estado luchando para que se les apliquen tarifas arancelarias iguales a las que se les están aplicando a otros países, porque no hay esa excepción de que a nosotros los dominicanos no estén aplicando aranceles más altos en productos que tienen la misma condiciones que otros productos que se importan desde la India, desde Centroamérica y Sudamérica”, declaró Castillo.
I told you guys that one day you would be suffering from DHSHM ( Dominicans Haitians Siempre Hablando Mierda).
Poor Allumeuse, posting alone ?
I couldn't have said it better, except to say that the Haitians have finally shows some backbone, the people must be vigilant to ensures no bribe is taken in exchange for the Haitians Gov't negotiators to change their position. No country can exist if it imports more than it produces, now the Haitians gov't must encourage more domestic productions to reduce the influx of imports, Y-to-D the DR has a US$600M trade advantage over Haiti, and it was US$650M las year, that cannot continue. Imaging how many jobs Haiti would create if it reduces this import amount by 2/3.