Leonel Fernández Proposes to Renegotiate DR-Cafta for Rice
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Former President of the Dominican Republic and president of the People's Force (FP) party Leonel Fernández raised the need to renegotiate the terms of the Free Trade Agreement between the Dominican Republic, Central America and the United States (DR-CAFTA) on rice, warning that the entry of tariff-free US cereal could seriously harm domestic producers.
Santo Domingo, Oct 15 (Prensa Latina) Former President Leonel Fernández today proposed renegotiating the Free Trade Agreement between the Dominican Republic, Central America and the United States (DR-Cafta), warning that the entry of U.S. rice without tariffs could ruin domestic producers. The post Dominican ex-president asks to renegotiate the DR-Cafta for US rice first appeared on Noticias Prensa Latina.
According to Leonel, if that rice gets tax-free, it ruins Dominican producers, and set an example of what happened in Haiti with U.S. imports. “For such a large market that’s nothing, but for us it’s a lot,”... Read more › La entrada Leonel asks to renegotiate the DR-Cafta because of the rice mess was first published in Remolacha - Dominican Republic News.
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Felix VictorinoThe former president of the Dominican Republic and president of the People's Force (FP) party, Leonel Fernández, raised the need for a renegotiation of the conditions of the Free Trade Agreement between the Dominican Republic, Central America and the United States (DR-CAFTA) related to rice, warning that the entry of tariff-free US cereal could ruin domestic producers and generate economic and migratory consequences that would not suit the Unite…
Former President Leonel Fernández warned that the entry of tariff-free US rice could severely affect Dominican producers and proposed renegotiating DR-Cafta’s conditions to avoid such a scenario. The also president of the People’s Force considered that the United States should show more flexibility in the face of differences between [...]
The former president of the Republic and president of the opposition party Fuerza del Pueblo, Leonel Fernández, joined the national debate this Wednesday on the reduction of tariffs on US rice, ordered by decree of the Dominican Government.Fernández proposed renegotiating the terms of the Free Trade Agreement between the Dominican Republic, Central America and the United States (DR-Cafta), considering that the entry of US cereal free of tariffs …
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