Commerce Minister Sonia Guzman and US Trade representative Robert Zoellick have agreed on a program for the formalization of the upcoming free trade agreement between the Dominican Republic and the US. The meetings will take place in January, February and March of next year, in Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico and Washington DC. Guzman attended a meeting of the Trade and Investment Council in the US capital earlier this month, which included discussions on agriculture, intellectual property, legal aspects, services and investment. It also included a summary of the negotiations between the Central American nations and the US.