Businesspeople from the Taiwan Textile Federation are interested in installing textile factories in alliance with textile industrialists in Santiago, as a way to take advantage of the access to the US market that will be achieved through DR-CAFTA. Businessman Angel Rosario celebrated the offer and stressed that this would considerably reduce the cost of Dominican apparel and improve the competitiveness of DR exports.
This intention was aired during a meeting between the businesspeople and President Leonel Fernandez, who praised the responsibility and firmness with which his colleague President Chen Shui-bian is directing Taiwan, a people he defined as worthy of the admiration of Dominicans.