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NewsWhore
01-25-2007, 05:10 PM
It's been 15 days since the final revisions to the DR-CAFTA agreement were presented to the United States Trade Representative's Office and still no word has been given to the Dominican Republic on the matter. Vilma Arbaje, Director of Foreign Trade at the Ministry of Industry and Commerce, says that she understands that the US authorities have to take their time to read, legalize and translate the documents and says she hopes that the country receives an answer by February. Arbaje also reminded the public that in some cases it took four weeks before the United States provided a response about Nicaragua, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras' entry into DR-CAFTA.

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