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10-24-2008, 04:50 PM
The National Business Council (CONEP) is asking Congress to ratify the free trade agreement with the European Union, the European Partnership Agreement (EPA) before 31 October. Conep president Lisandro Macarulla said that failing to ratify the agreement would create a negative atmosphere for the country's competitiveness, reduce revenue and endanger job security for strategic sectors of the Dominican economy. Macarulla also pointed out that the financial crisis that is affecting the EU could provide economic opportunities for the DR in terms of investment. Ricardo Koening, president of the Dominican Export Association, says that the EPA is the best trade agreement the DR has signed to date.
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