Following the decision of Haiti to ban entry by land, to 23 Dominican products, the Dominican Minister of Economy, Temístocles Montas said that if the ban was maintained, it could mean a drop in exports from the Dominican Republic to Haiti of about $ 400 million in one year...

For his part, the Minister Wilson Laleau stressed Thursday that there were very significant progress in relations between the two countries and asked everyone to remain calm, adding that "The exchanges between Haiti and the Dominican Republic are on the right track. We expect a meeting in 15 days when a memorandum of understanding will be signed between the two countries," a protocol that will be signed in the presence of representatives of the European Union and the World Trade Organization (WTO) to ensure that this agreement will respect the conventions ratified by both countries.

The Minister Laleau found abnormal that Haitian products, such as the Prestige beer and Barbancourt rum can not be sold in the Dominican Republic and advocates of a trade based on equality and fairness.

For the Senator Jean Baptiste Bien Aimé (Northeast), who deplored the paralysis of commercial activities especially in the Ouanaminthe border that penalizes the poor and the middle class, this decision of the Government of Haiti, was taken precipitously to enjoy powerful actors of the Haitian economic sector without considering the consequences.

Recall that the President Michel Martelly and his Dominican counterpart, Danilo Medina, agreed on Tuesday https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-15443-haiti-flash-meeting-between-presidents-martelly-and-medina.html https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-15450-haiti-dominican-republic-resumption-of-bilateral-dialogue.html at a meeting in Barahona of a meeting in the 15 coming days between the ministers of Industry and customs officials from both countries in order to "improve" trade and "normalize" the transport of goods, now almost zero...

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