Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala met with the President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Rodolfo Abinader Corona, on 11 June at the WTO. They discussed the Dominican Republic’s robust macroeconomic performance, acknowledging that it is the fastest growing economy in Latin America. Its success is driven by ongoing diversification and modernization, in particular through digital transformation and services trade, they emphasized. DG Okonjo-Iweala complimented the Dominican Republic on its active role at the WTO and underlined the importance of the country ratifying the WTO Agreement on Fisheries Subsidies so that it can enter into force as soon as possible.
