Diario Libre reports that the Coalition of Support for the DR-CAFTA
\n requested Congress to consider that the approval of the agreement in
\n the US legislative branch as almost certain and that local reforms
\n must be rushed to make productive sectors competitive. Jorge Ivan
\n Ramirez and Hugo Rivera, promoters of the DR-CAFTA, said that the
\n agreement would come into effect in January if the US approves it in
\n July. Although the DR could ask for an extension for its application,
\n such a delay would put free zone industry exports at risk of Central
\n American countries taking a head start at securing contracts.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Diario Libre reports that the Coalition of Support for the DR-CAFTA requested Congress to consider that the approval of the agreement in the US legislative branch as almost certain and that local reforms must be rushed to make productive sectors competitive. Jorge Ivan Ramirez and Hugo Rivera, promoters of the DR-CAFTA, said that the agreement … <\/p>\n