Ligia Bonetti, Antonio Ramos.
Santo Domingo.- While retailers favor a free trade agreement with Canada noting that it benefits the country, industrialists say the Government and businesses should boost competitiveness to better use the pacts Dominican Republic has aready signed.
National Business Council (ONEC) president Antonio Ramos, who congratulated president Danilo Medina for starting talks for a free trade agreement with Canada, said if Dominican Republic forges a pact with that nation similar to the one with the European Union, it would be of great benefit to the country.
"Canada is a country whose citizens constantly visit Dominican Republic and have had exposure to local products, for which to sign a free trade agreement would benefit Dominican industries and commerce.”
He said the initiative leading to reaching a free trade agreement with that country shows the President’s interest in solving the problems facing the national productive sectors.
Objection
But for Dominican Republic Industries Association (AIRD) president Ligia Bonetti, productive sectors and the Government should prioritize improved competitiveness to take advantage of agreements already signed and shuldn’t enter into new ones in the immediate future.
She said the government should be very cautious when establishing new processes for negotiating trade agreements, since they seek to expand markets for productive sectors and take advantage of their competitive conditions, boost exports and obtain stronger social and economic wellbeing.
"A free trade agreement isn’t to provide opportunities for other countries, other manufacturing bases, if in return we don’t find opportunities to attain similar or better advantages than those we offer," Bonetti said.
"These agreements must be, in the end, the best expression of a national alliance that leads to a leap in the nation's competitiveness, creating jobs and stronger paths toward social wellbeing."
Written by: bernies, 6 Sep 2012 11:04 AM
From: United States, key west fl
What are you afraid of Boneti that your group of people that owns companies here will lose market because of the way they do business here where they only care about how to take more and more from the locals consumers than to give in a little.
From: United States
I agree with Ms Bonetti 100%-Enough is enough, the DR must stop with this constantly dropping their pants to favor foreign interests. What about watching out for number #1? I just don't get it?
Who is minding the store while the owner is gone? We are constantly putting the wrong guy at the front counter, getting robbed blind while the person in charge looks the other way.
Written by: anthonyC, 6 Sep 2012 1:26 PM
From: United States
Written by: guillermone,
"I agree with Ms Bonetti 100%-Enough is enough, the DR must stop with this constantly dropping their pants to favor foreign interests. "
He is right,
Screw the Dominican Consumer.
Who cares about price and quality? Lets protect a select group of Cronys and totally disregard the Free Market.
And of course by removing all competitions the Export of Dominican Products on the world market will just soar.
utilis morionem
From: United States
No tony I did not say that....You can't be so one sided. It takes two to tango, you dig?
What you forget is that DR industries pay their fair share of taxes and it is the obligation of the gov't to protect local industries to a certain extent. They can't indiscriminately allow foreign companies to flood the market in total disregard of our productive sectors. Like Bonetti said this is not exclusively about a free trade agreement to provide opportunities for other countries otherwise native industries will be at a competitive disadvantage but get wiped out from one day to the next
What must be done instead "..the Gov't and businesses should boost competitiveness to better use the pacts Dominican Republic has aready signed." The best business deal results when all parties involved come out as winners and not just one side. But I know and I am very familiar with your mentality Joe. You could care less about the other guy as long as you got your money in the pocket, fxxk everybody e
From: United States
guillermone, do not waste time on a guy with a 5th grade education. first of all, there is no such thing as " free trade". the notion was invented based on the David Ricardo theory of comparative advantage, which has been rendered obsolete, by changing economic realities. look at DRCAFTA. during the round of negotiations leading up to ratification, each country was allowed 1 item that could be protected by tariffs. the Central Americans chose white maize. i have no idea what the DR chose, but they were also allowed one line item. the USA chose SUGAR, and its derivatives, including any product with a high sugar content. so, here we have ONE line item exception, the USA has 47. that is " free trade" for you.
From: United States
Excellent point dread, you are absolutely correct in this respect. Like I have always said there is nothing free about Free Trade.
From: Canada
Be
careful
CANADA
make
Sure
You
REcount
The
Money
Twice
Or
THrice
MWA hahahahahaha
Written by: PapaD0c, 11 Sep 2012 6:00 PM
From: Haiti
Haiti4ever,how's business between Canada and Haiti?
From: Canada
@Papadoc
In
Case
You
Didn't know
Senior
M0r0n0
Canada after Brazil is the closest to Haiti Specially in Quebec
Listen DOMINICAN "BOY"
There s a lot you don't know M0f...0
Quebec is Haitian
Toronto is Jamaican
Vancouver is Chinese
Toronto is also Indians
These groups control over here
Soon the Arabs will have a spot also , they only came in mass after 1995 ,
Over here
You d....b
C...k.....u....ER
And I do believe that Canada has already approach us on FREE TRADE , you think it's your f......
Banana R.......blic that has things
Shut
Yer
.........ng
B......ch
From: Canada
@Papadoc
Haiti is Canada’s largest aid commitment in the Americas, and second-largest commitment in the world after Afghanistan.
From: Canada
Canada’s relations with Haiti date back to this historic period . There are records of immigration from Haiti to Quebec dating from the 1700s, when both were part of the French Empire. Exchange slowed as France lost its colonies in the New World in the mid-18th century.
Relations between Canada and Haiti grew again in the early 20th century, this time between French-speaking elites in both countries. French Canadians began to replace the French and Belgian missionaries, dispersed by the World Wars, who had dominated Haiti’s Catholic community.
Meanwhile the wealthy, educated Haitian elite chose Quebec as a destination for education and immigration. These French-speaking immigrants integrated well into Canadian society. In 1964, Dr. Monestime, who had moved to the francophone community of Mattawa, Ontario, was elected as the first black mayor in Canada.
From: Canada
The pattern of immigration changed in the 1970s and 80s as poor, Créole-speaking Haitians fled the Duvalier dict ator ship. Perhaps as a reflection of the earlier, elite contacts, Canadian government documents have persisted in treating Haitians as a French-speaking people, even though the majority of Haitians speak Haitian Créole . A notable exception to this rule was educators; francophone teachers immediately realised that young Haitian immigrants required French-as-a-second-language classes.
From: Canada
@Papadoc
Yet the larger part of Canada’s engagement in Haiti arises is part of Canada’s shift towards the United States in the late 20th century. In 1988 and 1994, Canada signed the Free Trade and NAFTA agreements, and in 1989, Canada joined the Organization of American States (OAS). These developments have seen Canada take on the role of junior partner in the U.S.’s traditional ‘backyard’.
The most visible result of this shift came in February 2004, when U.S., French, and Canadian troops removed President Aristide from office. International planning for Aristide’s removal took place in Ottawa, under the Liberal government of Prime Minister Jean Chretien . The international force installed an unelected government, which was led by Gerard Latortue from 2004 to 2006.
From: Canada
@Papdoc
The most beautiful FRENCH Canadian girls over here , usually when you see them in the hand of a black , he is usually a Haitian , but now time has change a bit .
We
Run
Things
M0..f0
Even New York compare to the 1980 s we Haitians are big there also .
I
Love
Haiti , Brazil
Canada , Europe and all the Latin Countries except the Dominican Republic
In fact if we're to chose nations or a race to live amongst it would be either with whites , because I love white people or Latinos , blacks also but only from the Carribean but preferably around Martiniquains , Guadeloupeans .but i prefer latinos , this is not about race , its because i love everything Latin .why because I love Latin music people and some what the culture , if I can live with Latinos , I wouldn't missed whites that much.
It feels good to hear the Spanish though , I don't speak it , the women not the food so much because Latinos use too much tomatoes and I hate that , .
From: Canada
they put a bunch of tomatoes in everything
@papadoc
However
I would never go to DR. However because it's a place that I personally like some Haitians decide to Bo y ..c0t ...t no matter what .it would be a shame for me to spend my money to go there and spend my money there .
If you need explanations , I will be glad to tell you the whys and the why nots .
From: Canada
I would not
Go
No Asian or Arab or Hindu or African countries neither because they re not in my interest
I love Antiquity
I was lucky enough to go to Israel ,
I love that land
I went when I was younger with a church
But growing up I am no longer religious so probably wouldn't return
My favorite place on earth besides Haiti is PERU
Greece is a treasure
I go to Greece I don't need to go back to Israel , because Greece has it all
But like the locals say PERU TE AMO
From: Canada
In
Haitian
News
Haiti - Security : Dominican Republic strengthens border watch
The Dominican President, Danilo Medina, ordered Tuesday the strengthening of the border of Montecristi in Pedernales. The General Rubén Darío Paulino Sem, Chief of the army announced the creation of a new land border security force (Fuerza de Segura Tarea Frontera), which will strengthen the Special Unit of Border Protection (Cesfront). The General began a reconnaissance of the border, which began in Montecristi and will will end Friday, in Pedernales.
This new military force is composed of 3 groups of 30 men (including officers) which will be operational as of Saturday, September 15, 2012.
From: Canada
Each group has a truck equipped with computers, night vision equipment, all-terrain vehicles, motorcycles, radio equipment and other logistics to facilitate the fight against the smuggling of goods, drug trafficking, livestock theft and other violations of the law and probably the monitoring of illegal Haitian migrants..
During his tour, the Chief of the Dominican army, will meet with farmers in Montecristi, Manzanillo, Dajabón, Restauración, Loma de Cabrera, who have expressed their concern over the theft of their animals perpetrated by gangs, composed of Dominicans and Haitians.
This new force will be based respectively in Pedernales, Elías Piña and Dajabón from these bases, the men will be deployed along the border.
From: Canada
I
Like
The
Way they squeezed in the word possibly illeg al Haitian mig rants .
We know it s meant for Haitians , because your people demand that and in their eyes you will try to show just that to get REelected .
Though it's your country you are allowed , buts still that's not the whole point.
From: Canada
@papadoc
Haiti - Economy : Economic situation figures for April to June 2012
In its latest report, the Directorate of Economic Statistics of the Haitian Institute of Statistics and Informatics (IHSI), presents the evolution of a set of indices measuring the evolution of the economic situation in Haiti for the last quarter (April-June 2012). We propose you a summary of the economic situation concerning the key sectors : industry, energy, construction, domestic trade, the consumer price and foreign trade.
From: Canada
Industry :
Increase of 4.4%
Energy :
Increase of 23.7%
Domestic trade :
Increase of 22.3%
Foreign Trade :
Increase of 8.8%
Construction :
Increasing of 2.7%
That's because President Martelly is looking mostly after the people s greater needs first our reconstruction before he begins with real reconstruction
I love our president , he made us laugh yesterday on The news . President or not .
Consumer Prices :
Increase of 5.2%
It's still in ch aos
Our construction was better last year
Written by: PapaD0c, 12 Sep 2012 8:51 PM
From: Haiti
Oy vey....I overestimated your intelligence ONE MORE TIME....(sigh).
You MORON,the question was related to the article,you know,ECONOMICS?????
How much trading is going on between CANADA AND HAIITI???
Is there an economic treaty or partnership between both countries?
How much money,dinero,greens,Benjamins,gourde....is haiti raking in from these deals?
I did not ask you about cultural exchange and how we haitians date FAT WHITE DESPERATE FRENCH WOMEN!
Quebec Haitian?....200.000
Haitians in DR?...only about 2.000.000...Do the math.
If Quebec was truly haitian,they would gladly take the 2.000.000 of us living in DR.
Written by: PapaD0c, 12 Sep 2012 8:53 PM
From: Haiti
"I
Like
The
Way they squeezed in the word possibly illeg al Haitian mig rants .
We know it s meant for Haitians , because your people demand that and in their eyes you will try to show just that to get REelected .
Though it's your country you are allowed , buts still that's not the whole point."
Naaaahhh....they just should let all the haitians in,no questions asked,right?
Is CANADA willing to take every haitian that wants to leave our beloved Haiti?
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Who is minding the store while the owner is gone? We are constantly putting the wrong guy at the front counter, getting robbed blind while the person in charge looks the other way.
"I agree with Ms Bonetti 100%-Enough is enough, the DR must stop with this constantly dropping their pants to favor foreign interests. "
He is right,
Screw the Dominican Consumer.
Who cares about price and quality? Lets protect a select group of Cronys and totally disregard the Free Market.
And of course by removing all competitions the Export of Dominican Products on the world market will just soar.
utilis morionem
What you forget is that DR industries pay their fair share of taxes and it is the obligation of the gov't to protect local industries to a certain extent. They can't indiscriminately allow foreign companies to flood the market in total disregard of our productive sectors. Like Bonetti said this is not exclusively about a free trade agreement to provide opportunities for other countries otherwise native industries will be at a competitive disadvantage but get wiped out from one day to the next
What must be done instead "..the Gov't and businesses should boost competitiveness to better use the pacts Dominican Republic has aready signed." The best business deal results when all parties involved come out as winners and not just one side. But I know and I am very familiar with your mentality Joe. You could care less about the other guy as long as you got your money in the pocket, fxxk everybody e
Be
careful
CANADA
make
Sure
You
REcount
The
Money
Twice
Or
THrice
MWA hahahahahaha
In
Case
You
Didn't know
Senior
M0r0n0
Canada after Brazil is the closest to Haiti Specially in Quebec
Listen DOMINICAN "BOY"
There s a lot you don't know M0f...0
Quebec is Haitian
Toronto is Jamaican
Vancouver is Chinese
Toronto is also Indians
These groups control over here
Soon the Arabs will have a spot also , they only came in mass after 1995 ,
Over here
You d....b
C...k.....u....ER
And I do believe that Canada has already approach us on FREE TRADE , you think it's your f......
Banana R.......blic that has things
Shut
Yer
.........ng
B......ch
Haiti is Canada’s largest aid commitment in the Americas, and second-largest commitment in the world after Afghanistan.
Canada’s relations with Haiti date back to this historic period . There are records of immigration from Haiti to Quebec dating from the 1700s, when both were part of the French Empire. Exchange slowed as France lost its colonies in the New World in the mid-18th century.
Relations between Canada and Haiti grew again in the early 20th century, this time between French-speaking elites in both countries. French Canadians began to replace the French and Belgian missionaries, dispersed by the World Wars, who had dominated Haiti’s Catholic community.
Meanwhile the wealthy, educated Haitian elite chose Quebec as a destination for education and immigration. These French-speaking immigrants integrated well into Canadian society. In 1964, Dr. Monestime, who had moved to the francophone community of Mattawa, Ontario, was elected as the first black mayor in Canada.
The pattern of immigration changed in the 1970s and 80s as poor, Créole-speaking Haitians fled the Duvalier dict ator ship. Perhaps as a reflection of the earlier, elite contacts, Canadian government documents have persisted in treating Haitians as a French-speaking people, even though the majority of Haitians speak Haitian Créole . A notable exception to this rule was educators; francophone teachers immediately realised that young Haitian immigrants required French-as-a-second-language classes.
@Papadoc
Yet the larger part of Canada’s engagement in Haiti arises is part of Canada’s shift towards the United States in the late 20th century. In 1988 and 1994, Canada signed the Free Trade and NAFTA agreements, and in 1989, Canada joined the Organization of American States (OAS). These developments have seen Canada take on the role of junior partner in the U.S.’s traditional ‘backyard’.
The most visible result of this shift came in February 2004, when U.S., French, and Canadian troops removed President Aristide from office. International planning for Aristide’s removal took place in Ottawa, under the Liberal government of Prime Minister Jean Chretien . The international force installed an unelected government, which was led by Gerard Latortue from 2004 to 2006.
@Papdoc
The most beautiful FRENCH Canadian girls over here , usually when you see them in the hand of a black , he is usually a Haitian , but now time has change a bit .
We
Run
Things
M0..f0
Even New York compare to the 1980 s we Haitians are big there also .
I
Love
Haiti , Brazil
Canada , Europe and all the Latin Countries except the Dominican Republic
In fact if we're to chose nations or a race to live amongst it would be either with whites , because I love white people or Latinos , blacks also but only from the Carribean but preferably around Martiniquains , Guadeloupeans .but i prefer latinos , this is not about race , its because i love everything Latin .why because I love Latin music people and some what the culture , if I can live with Latinos , I wouldn't missed whites that much.
It feels good to hear the Spanish though , I don't speak it , the women not the food so much because Latinos use too much tomatoes and I hate that , .
they put a bunch of tomatoes in everything
@papadoc
However
I would never go to DR. However because it's a place that I personally like some Haitians decide to Bo y ..c0t ...t no matter what .it would be a shame for me to spend my money to go there and spend my money there .
If you need explanations , I will be glad to tell you the whys and the why nots .
I would not
Go
No Asian or Arab or Hindu or African countries neither because they re not in my interest
I love Antiquity
I was lucky enough to go to Israel ,
I love that land
I went when I was younger with a church
But growing up I am no longer religious so probably wouldn't return
My favorite place on earth besides Haiti is PERU
Greece is a treasure
I go to Greece I don't need to go back to Israel , because Greece has it all
But like the locals say PERU TE AMO
In
Haitian
News
Haiti - Security : Dominican Republic strengthens border watch
The Dominican President, Danilo Medina, ordered Tuesday the strengthening of the border of Montecristi in Pedernales. The General Rubén Darío Paulino Sem, Chief of the army announced the creation of a new land border security force (Fuerza de Segura Tarea Frontera), which will strengthen the Special Unit of Border Protection (Cesfront). The General began a reconnaissance of the border, which began in Montecristi and will will end Friday, in Pedernales.
This new military force is composed of 3 groups of 30 men (including officers) which will be operational as of Saturday, September 15, 2012.
During his tour, the Chief of the Dominican army, will meet with farmers in Montecristi, Manzanillo, Dajabón, Restauración, Loma de Cabrera, who have expressed their concern over the theft of their animals perpetrated by gangs, composed of Dominicans and Haitians.
This new force will be based respectively in Pedernales, Elías Piña and Dajabón from these bases, the men will be deployed along the border.
I
Like
The
Way they squeezed in the word possibly illeg al Haitian mig rants .
We know it s meant for Haitians , because your people demand that and in their eyes you will try to show just that to get REelected .
Though it's your country you are allowed , buts still that's not the whole point.
@papadoc
Haiti - Economy : Economic situation figures for April to June 2012
In its latest report, the Directorate of Economic Statistics of the Haitian Institute of Statistics and Informatics (IHSI), presents the evolution of a set of indices measuring the evolution of the economic situation in Haiti for the last quarter (April-June 2012). We propose you a summary of the economic situation concerning the key sectors : industry, energy, construction, domestic trade, the consumer price and foreign trade.
Industry :
Increase of 4.4%
Energy :
Increase of 23.7%
Domestic trade :
Increase of 22.3%
Foreign Trade :
Increase of 8.8%
Construction :
Increasing of 2.7%
That's because President Martelly is looking mostly after the people s greater needs first our reconstruction before he begins with real reconstruction
I love our president , he made us laugh yesterday on The news . President or not .
Consumer Prices :
Increase of 5.2%
It's still in ch aos
Our construction was better last year
You MORON,the question was related to the article,you know,ECONOMICS?????
How much trading is going on between CANADA AND HAIITI???
Is there an economic treaty or partnership between both countries?
How much money,dinero,greens,Benjamins,gourde....is haiti raking in from these deals?
I did not ask you about cultural exchange and how we haitians date FAT WHITE DESPERATE FRENCH WOMEN!
Quebec Haitian?....200.000
Haitians in DR?...only about 2.000.000...Do the math.
If Quebec was truly haitian,they would gladly take the 2.000.000 of us living in DR.
Like
The
Way they squeezed in the word possibly illeg al Haitian mig rants .
We know it s meant for Haitians , because your people demand that and in their eyes you will try to show just that to get REelected .
Though it's your country you are allowed , buts still that's not the whole point."
Naaaahhh....they just should let all the haitians in,no questions asked,right?
Is CANADA willing to take every haitian that wants to leave our beloved Haiti?