{"id":206865,"date":"2023-11-16T07:41:42","date_gmt":"2023-11-16T11:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/?p=206865"},"modified":"2023-11-16T09:02:53","modified_gmt":"2023-11-16T13:02:53","slug":"ecuador-and-the-dominican-republic-open-negotiations-for-a-partial-scope-trade-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2023\/11\/16\/ecuador-and-the-dominican-republic-open-negotiations-for-a-partial-scope-trade-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecuador and the Dominican Republic open negotiations for a partial scope trade agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img src=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/RD-y-Ecuador-Acuerdo-Alcance-Parcial-El-Caribe-.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-206906\" width=\"600\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/RD-y-Ecuador-Acuerdo-Alcance-Parcial-El-Caribe-.jpeg 812w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/RD-y-Ecuador-Acuerdo-Alcance-Parcial-El-Caribe--300x168.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/RD-y-Ecuador-Acuerdo-Alcance-Parcial-El-Caribe--768x431.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 706px) 89vw, (max-width: 767px) 82vw, 740px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Industry &amp; Commerce Minister Victor (Ito) Bisono was in Quito, Ecuador for the signing of the agreement to start negotiations for a partial scope trade agreement, Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso reported on his X account on Wednesday, 15 November 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The announcement is a follow-up of a previous agreement between Lasso and President Luis Abinader to take action to stimulate more trade between both countries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThanks to the excellent relationship we have had with President Luis Abinader and his government, today we sign the instrument with which we begin the negotiations of a Partial Scope Agreement with the Dominican Republic,\u201d Lasso wrote on his X network account. (formerly Twitter).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If the agreement is signed, Ecuador would become the first country in South America to have a trade agreement of this kind with a Caribbean country,\u201d remarked the Lasso, who leaves office on 23 November 2023. President-elect Daniel Noboa will replace him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lasso also fostered the signing of trade agreements with China, South Korea and Costa Rica that are pending congressional approval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A partial scope agreement is a basic trade agreement that includes tariff reductions on a specific group of goods, sometimes unilaterally. It is usually seen as the first stage in a long-term larger opening process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Dominican Republic has a partial scope agreement with Panama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read more in Spanish:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LassoGuillermo\/status\/1724899984640786714\">X (Twitter) <\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/eldia.com.do\/ecuador-y-republica-dominicana-abren-negociaciones-de-acuerdo-comercial-de-alcance-parcial\/\">El Dia <\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16 November 2023<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Industry &amp; Commerce Minister Victor (Ito) Bisono was in Quito, Ecuador for the signing of the agreement to start negotiations for a partial scope trade agreement, Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso reported on his X account on Wednesday, 15 November 2023. The announcement is a follow-up of a previous agreement between Lasso and President Luis Abinader &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/2023\/11\/16\/ecuador-and-the-dominican-republic-open-negotiations-for-a-partial-scope-trade-agreement\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[319,3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206865"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=206865"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206865\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206907,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/206865\/revisions\/206907"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=206865"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=206865"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dr1.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=206865"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}