The Deputie Antoine Rodon Bien-Aimé, President of the Commission "Economy and Finance" of the Lower House, asked Cholzer Chancy, President of the Chamber to convene for April 7, 2016, Prime Minister Jean-Charles; Yves Romain Bastien, the Minister of Economy ; Jessy C. Petit-Frère, the Minister of Commerce ; Pierre Guito Laurore, the Minister of Agriculture and the Director General of Customs.

The Commission intends to seek clarification on the ban from 1 October 2015 on 23 products from the Dominican Republic https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-15156-haiti-notice-import-ban-by-road-of-certain-products-from-dr.html ; the closure of provincial customs offices along the border between the two countries and the signing of a memorandum of understanding between the Haitian Government, represented by Wilson Laleau, Minister of Economy and the Israeli firm HLSI on strengthening the management of our borders and particularly the restructuring, the construction and modernization of 9 border posts; the acquisition of materials and equipment ; assistance in border surveillance [Advice] (air, land and sea) and building employee skills [training] https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-15580-haiti-flash-border-surveillance-agreement-with-an-israeli-firm.html https://www.icihaiti.com/en/news-15987-icihaiti-security-monitoring-of-our-borders-israel-will-inject-$50m.html

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