Industry and Commerce Minister Francisco Javier Garcia has said that by tomorrow, Friday, the country will have completed 168 required commitments that are needed to enter DR-CAFTA. Diario Libre reports that these requirements should have been sent to the US last Monday. “As far as administrative commitments, the country is ready to enter the treaty on January 1, 2006”, said Garcia during a meeting at Hotel El Embajador with the Ministers or representatives of Labor, Agriculture, Finances, Onaplan, Foreign Relations, and Customs.
El Caribe indicates that within the next 15 days, US President George W. Bush must certify the countries that are ready to enter DR-CAFTA in January.