U.S. Confirms DR-CAFTA Requirements

The U.S. Office of the United States Trade Representative has confirmed that it requires changes to several laws as a condition for the Dominican Republic to implement DR-CAFTA.

This was revealed by Everett Eisenstat, deputy secretary for the Americas, who spoke via an online conference and stated that U.S. requirements for change pertain specifically to Law 173 regarding the representation of foreign companies, law 65-01 on copyrights, and law 20-01 on industrial property.

According to the official, the U.S. government´s interest is that countries where the treaty is to be implemented need to demonstrate their commitment to DR-CAFTA.

These requirements were confirmed to the Dominican mission currently in Washington. The US is working hard for the DR to enter the treaty soon, but the July 1 date was not mentioned by the official.