The Foreign Ministry announced yesterday that the interagency Trade Negotiations Committee (CNNC) has been expanded to formally include four more entities: the Tourism Ministry (SECTUR), the Customs Directorate-General, the Office of the Lom? Convention Coordinator and the Office of Investment Promotion (OPI). The expansion was mandated by President Fern?ndez via Decree 74-99. The CNNC was created by Fern?ndez in 1997 as a mechanism to coordinate the government’’ approach to trade negotiations. The CNNC already includes the Ministries of Foreign Affairs ("Chancellery"), Agriculture and Industry and Commerce, as well as the Technical Secretary and Legal Advisor of the Presidency, the Central Bank, and the Dominican Center for Export Promotion (CEDOPEX). The CNNC is chaired by the Chancellery.
