The Dominican Republic and the United States held high-level talks in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, 22 April 2025 to address the recently announced global tariff policy by the US government. Minister of Foreign Relations Roberto Alvarez, Minister of Industry & Commerce Víctor (Ito) Bisonó, and Minister of Hacienda José Manuel Vicente met with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and with Sam Mulopulos, chief of staff of the Office of the US Trade Representative; Daniel Watson, Deputy Trade Representative for the Western Hemisphere; and Andrea Malito, senior director for DR-CAFTA.
The Dominican trio had traveled to Washington after the US government announced tariffs would apply to Dominican exports that previously entered duty-free under the DR-CAFTA trade agreement. The tariffs are having a major impact on the cost of free zone exports that have always entered tax free to the United States.
The Dominican Presidency issued a note describing the meeting as positive...
