Canadian free trade agreement in limbo

[NewsWhore]

Listin Diario is reporting that negotiations for a free trade agreement between the Dominican Republic and Canada have been indefinitely suspended and sources have no idea when talks are likely to resume. The negotiations were entering their second round of a total of five scheduled. Last December the first rounds were held in Ottawa, and the second round was to be held between Monday and Wednesday of this week. Eduardo Tejera, former Dominican ambassador to Canada now assigned to the Foreign Ministry, expressed his disappointment about the suspended negotiations and explained that there was some confusion on the part of the Dominican industrial sector. The areas of confusion were enough cause for the Dominican Foreign Ministry to suspend the negotiations unilaterally. Tejera explained that the industrial sector's stance reflected misinformation, based on a perception that the recently signed European Partnership Agreement with Caricom and the European Union would affect negotiations with Canada.

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