Dominican Republic will need to participate in another round of Caribbean free trade agreement negotiations. The DR still does not accept the long list Dominican products that would be banned from free trade provisions. The new round between negotiators for the Caribbean trade bloc and the DR was set for St. Kitts, from 16-19 March. Ambassador Frederic Emam Zade heads trade negotiations for the Dominican Republic. The Caribbean nations have reduced their negative list of products to 49 down from 800 at the start. The DR has exempt only 19 products.
