President Leonel Fernandez is to meet with the industrial free trade zone managers and owners from around the country next Monday to plan new strategies aimed at increasing the sector's competitiveness, which decreased by 8% during the first semester of this year. Diario Libre reports that the meeting will take place at the Gran Almirante Hotel in Santiago. The President will be accompanied by the Central Bank Governor, the Minister of the Presidency, the Industry and Commerce Minister, the Presidential Technical Minister, the Labor Minister and the directors of Customs and Industrial Promotion, among other officials.

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