DR starts negotiating with MERCOSUR

Dominican Vice President Rafael Alburquerque signed a communiqué last week together with the foreign ministers of the South American Common Market (MERCOSUR), to establish a work route and the start of negotiations towards the signing of a Free Trade Agreement between MERCOSUR and the Dominican Republic.

Local newspaper El Diario Libre reported that negotiations with MERCOSUR´s member stated –Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay- will put the Dominican Republic in the threshold of new business opportunities.