Philip Morris Dominicana and the American Chamber of Commerce announced the hosting of the forum “Illicit Commerce in the DR: causes, consequences and proposals for eradication”. Coming for the talk is internationally recognized columnist and commentator on globalization, international politics and economics Moises Naim. He is the author of the best-selling book, “The End of Power.”
The forum will take place on 10 November 2015 at the Hotel Embajador.
Also speaking will be Minister of the Presidency Gustavo Montalvo who is the coordinator of the Presidential Table Against Contraband, Forgery and Informality of Goods, Customs director Fernando Fernandez, Attorney General Francisco Dominguez Brito, and Industry and Commerce Minister Jose del Castillo.
Also, Charles Wollenhaupt, Senior Policy Advisor at the US Department of Homeland Security; Patrick Kilbride, executive director for International Intellectural Property of the Global Intellectural Property Center of the US Chamber of Commerce.
Speaking for the private sector will be president of the AmChamDR, Gustavo Tavarez; president of the Dominican Republic Association of Industries Campos de Moya; the president of the Association of Cigars (Asocigar) Manual Cabral, the executive director of the Dominican Association of Rum Producers (Adopron) Mario Pujols; the executive director of the Naitonal Organization of Shopping Centers (ONEC) Tony Ramos; the president of the Association of Representatives, Agents and Pharmaceutical Producers Jaime Angeles, Presidente de la Asociacion de Representantes, Agentes; economists Miguel Collado of CREES, Jacqueline Mora of Analytica and Roberto Despradel of DASA.
http://www.amcham.org.do/index.php/agenda/eventos/429-foro-de-comercio-ilicito
http://moisesnaim.com
http://moisesnaim.com/books/the-end-of-power/