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09-21-2007, 04:30 PM
Foreign Minister Carlos Morales Troncoso says that the DR is ready to sign the Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union. So far, 12 rounds of negotiations have been held, and the agreement could be signed by 30 October and could be implemented as soon as 1 January 2008. Today, Cariforum will be meeting in Port of Spain, Trinidad to continue discussions on an EPA. There has been concern that an EPA will not be signed by December, when the current preferential trade regime under the Cotonou Agreement runs out, but reports indicate that both sides are working to meet the deadline. If an EPA isn't signed, Dominican tax exports would have to compete under the Generalized System of Preferences.
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