Santo Domingo.- Dominican Republic and Haiti needn’t sign a free trade agreement to spur cross-border commerce and instead abide by what the Economic Association Agreement with the European Union (EPA) already stipulates.
Industry and Commerce Ministry Foreign Trade director Yahttaira Machado said the EPA agreement lets Cariforum Member States apply the same trade facilitates among themselves, which the group may have with the European Union.
Cariforum coordinates the financial aid by the European Union to signatory Caribbean countries of the Lome conventions, including Caricom countries and Dominican Republic.
The official, speaking with newspaper Nacional editor in chief Radhamés Gomez Pepín, also announced a contest sponsored by the European Union, for reports published in the local media from April 10 to August 10, aimed at widening the country’s knowledge on the EPA’s advantages, and with a first place prize of 250,000 pesos.
As an example Machado cited DR-CAFTA, in which for the country to be accepted several laws had to be approved and changes structural made, which werenot necessary to enter the EPA.
She said that’s the reason the EPA’s advantages need to be disclosed to diversify the country’s foreign trade, and to make use of its provisions.
Written by: ElProfe 
, 6 Jul 2010 3:38 PM
From: Dominican Republic, Jarabacoa
Dominican Republic and Haiti needn’t sign a free trade agreement to spur cross-border commerce and instead Build a 30' high wall with broken glass bottles on top.
Dominicans don't eat mud cookies therefore we don’t have anything to trade with them..
Written by: anthonyC, 6 Jul 2010 4:08 PM
From: United States
Anytime you hear a Government Official who says he is against free trade they really mean they are against freedom and cutting the funds of special interest groups.
From: United States
what is manic depressive ?
what are the symptoms?
how can it be treated ?
is there hope for recovery ?
can it affect some weaker minded dominicans ?(they say that dominicans are the most happiest peole in the world with highest subjective well being)
is bipolar disorder the same as manic depressive?
can a manic depressive episodes lead to psychotic symtomps such as delusion de grandeur ,superiority complex and hallucinations(they are out to get me)
is elprofe a manic depressive ?(haitians are out to get me)
gringo loco
From: Turkey, Ham & Cheese
What is there to trade with Haiti anyway? Voodoo dolls? I'm not trying to be mean, but Haiti is so deforested that nothing nutritious can grow there. They used to make baseballs for MLB and even that was outsourced to Costa Rica. What Haiti needs to do is forget about agriculture and leapfrog to services and manufacturing. Japan should install Toyota factories in Port-A-Prince. That's the only way Haiti can lift itself out of the extreme poverty.
From: United States
what is intellectual, chronological ,emotional , physiological age of el profe.
well his answers will tell.
let's wait
Written by: Atabey, 6 Jul 2010 6:32 PM
From: United States, NYC
"Anytime you hear a Government Official who says he is against free trade they really mean they are against freedom and cutting the funds of special interest groups." -AnthonyC
100% true.
From: United States
ha ha !, we have now another apocalypse zombie : senor chompiras (plural) living large in the united states , his belly full of independance day hamburgers TALKING SHIT.
ELPROFE ALTER EGO ?????
good morning sir, how are you today ?
From: United States
loco gringo is here !!!!
From: Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
You guys are rude gosh
From: United States
well, it seems that one more person, locogringo, has joined in the chorus, speculating about the mental age of el profe. i think i said somewhere around twelve years old. yes, that is about right. that is also his IQ. as to chompiras...well, chompy, it is not just what we can get from them which constitutes trade. it is what we sell to them. next to the USA, they constitute the largest market for Dominican products. do i need to explain the ramifications, or should i take it that you at least made it to grade 10 in public school? no? i didn´t think so. now you and El Profe can go trade some ignorant remarks over a bottle of carta dorada.
From: United States, jackson heights ny
dominican could sell everything to haiti,the gourde haitiano would help the economic of the little empresario in DR.they could sell anything that they could produce here in dominican.
From: United States
daswolfgang, try telling that to some of these idiots who post their anti haitian remarks in this site. thing is, none of them understand anything more complicated, from an economic standpoint, than a cuchifrito stand.
From: Haiti
To El profe: you say viva Cuba and you called Haiti "el diablo." It's o.k. But don't forget it was us that abolished slavery in Santo Dominngo, who gave you independance. Not Cuba, idiot. You wanna be Hispanic huh? too bad you're not. you probably don't even look spanish asshole. You need psychiatric help preaching hate in this day in age. you wanna be a racist too huh. SMH. Like it or not, Haiti will always be the motherland.
Written by: bankai, 7 Jul 2010 4:25 AM
From: United States, Long Island
wont closing the border be better to give them more jobs. all you have to do is ship what you wanna sell to the other side. they receive it and sell it to their masses. hmmm I like that Idea, I should be president ;)
and if this is a news paper for DOMINICANS.....why do we have others intruding in our business??? hmmm food for thought.
From: Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Nevermind the comment I wrote earlier. I was in a bad mood whats this thing about anyways?
From: United States
dessalines,
Dont stoop to their level. You will see the pattern on this forum in due time. It's a handful of kids talk this antihaitian bs. The educated people on here understand basic economics and they see the writing on the wall.
Written by: jasfalon, 12 Jul 2010 10:03 PM
From: United States
Haiti is great!!
They need to get rid of evil people like the Dominican Republic's Fernando Capellan and his Groupo M.
He pays slave wages to Haitians and Dominicans.
And companies like Levi, don't care.
Fuck capitalism and evil capitalists like Capellan, and the rest of the Dominican elite.
Aristide must return to help his people again.
Guy Phillipe, friend of the RD military, and his cronies must be terminated.
From: United States
jasfalon,
This looks like a rambling of an idiot designed to get the people riled up.
Written by: jasfalon, 12 Jul 2010 10:48 PM
From: United States
You are ignorant, as your name proclaims. You obviously know nothing about these countries, or your own, if you feel this way.
The people must be riled up.
You probably vote democrat or republican, which proves that you know nothing about YOUR country, or you wouldn't.
As Pena Gomez said - PRIMERO LA GENTE!
REVOLUTION NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Dominican Republic and Haiti needn’t sign a free trade agreement to spur cross-border commerce and instead Build a 30' high wall with broken glass bottles on top.
Dominicans don't eat mud cookies therefore we don’t have anything to trade with them..
Anytime you hear a Government Official who says he is against free trade they really mean they are against freedom and cutting the funds of special interest groups.
what are the symptoms?
how can it be treated ?
is there hope for recovery ?
can it affect some weaker minded dominicans ?(they say that dominicans are the most happiest peole in the world with highest subjective well being)
is bipolar disorder the same as manic depressive?
can a manic depressive episodes lead to psychotic symtomps such as delusion de grandeur ,superiority complex and hallucinations(they are out to get me)
is elprofe a manic depressive ?(haitians are out to get me)
gringo loco
well his answers will tell.
let's wait
"Anytime you hear a Government Official who says he is against free trade they really mean they are against freedom and cutting the funds of special interest groups." -AnthonyC
100% true.
ELPROFE ALTER EGO ?????
good morning sir, how are you today ?
and if this is a news paper for DOMINICANS.....why do we have others intruding in our business??? hmmm food for thought.
Dont stoop to their level. You will see the pattern on this forum in due time. It's a handful of kids talk this antihaitian bs. The educated people on here understand basic economics and they see the writing on the wall.
They need to get rid of evil people like the Dominican Republic's Fernando Capellan and his Groupo M.
He pays slave wages to Haitians and Dominicans.
And companies like Levi, don't care.
Fuck capitalism and evil capitalists like Capellan, and the rest of the Dominican elite.
Aristide must return to help his people again.
Guy Phillipe, friend of the RD military, and his cronies must be terminated.
This looks like a rambling of an idiot designed to get the people riled up.
The people must be riled up.
You probably vote democrat or republican, which proves that you know nothing about YOUR country, or you wouldn't.
As Pena Gomez said - PRIMERO LA GENTE!
REVOLUTION NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!