DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: WTO NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET

UNCLAS SANTO DOMINGO 000860

SIPDIS

DEPT FOR SARAH BOVIM, USTR
DEPT FOR ASHLEY MILLER AND EDWARD DUNN, USDOC
DEPT FOR JESSAMYN ALLEN, EB/TPP/MTA/MST

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: DR ETRD
SUBJECT: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC: WTO NON-AGRICULTURAL MARKET
ACCESS NEGOTIATING FRAMEWORK OUTREACH ON SECTORAL
INITIATIVES

REF: SECSTATE 17096

Per reftel request, post recommends the following Dominican
business contacts be included in a discussion about a
sectoral approach to tariff liberalization.

Potentially in favor of liberalization:
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Counsel of Private Enterprise (CONEP)
Elena Viyella de Paliza, President
Phone: (809)472-7531
email: e.viyella@codetel.net.do

Association of Industries (AIRD)
Yandra Portela, President
Phone: (809)472-0000; (809)565-5518 ext. 225
email: yandra.portela@indusnigua.com.do

Association of Free Zone Exporters (ADOEXPO)
Jose Antonio Flaquer Lopez, President
Phone: (809)532-6779
email: coexter@tricom.net; adoexpo1@verizon.net.do

Association of Dominican Hotels and Restaurants (ASONAHORES)
Enrique De Marchena, President
Phone: (809)549-3476
email: edemarchena@admklawyers.com

Counsel of Dominican Agroindustrial Exporters (JAD)
Jose Antonio Martinez Rojas, Vice President
Phone: (809)563-6178
email: bi2jh2o@tricom.net

Council on Exports and Investments (CEI - govt organization)
Eddy Martinez, Minister
Phone: (809)530-5505
email: emartinez@cei-rd.gov.do


Against liberalization
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Institute of Dominican Pharmaceutical Manufacturers (INFADOMI)
Leila Mejia Roldan, Executive Director
Phone: (809)472-0348
email: infadomimarc@internet.net.do
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