U.S. Chamber urges inclusion of Dominican Republic FTA with CAFTA

U.S. Chamber urges inclusion of Dominican Republic FTA with CAFTA    The U.S. Chamber of Commerce urged the U.S. Trade Representative to include a proposed free trade agreement with the Dominican Republic along with another underway with the Central American Economic Integration System.
   The five Central American countries included in the U.S./Central America Free Trade Agreement (CAFTA) talks are Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Nicaragua.
   “Including the Dominican Republic in the U.S.-Central America FTA agreement itself is an excellent way to proceed toward the goal of free trade,” said the Washington-based Chamber’s Mark Smith in testimony to USTR.
   The chamber also recommended that a Dominican Republic free trade agreement should have the same language as the North American Free Trade Agreement and recently enacted U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement.