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**lionsiy** · 05-10-2010, 09:09 PM

It is the cutting of the import tariffs that Aristide signed that caused the problem- and perhaps the Haitian government will increase their import tariffs - certainly they are still holding onto the boycott against Domnican eggs and chickens which was started a few years ago under the guise of protection from the avian flu. That premise was pretty much exposed as non operative since the flu itself jumped into Haiti. The DR could not get the international certification that Haiti insisted on since it would have to quarantine all chickens And some of the those cock fighting birds travel around in big SUVs with tinted black windows, probably with their own sunglasses on. Anyway.... there is an effective boycott across the border on Dominican chickens and eggs.

The rice is not only now a staple in Haiti - wheras it used to be luxury eaten only once a week- but it is a commercial product traded across the border. I do not know how it is that it comes into Haiti cheaper than the DR with DR-CAFTA - but it does.

Now the US is not the only country which subsidizes its agriculture. The EU spends a good portion of its budget in subsidizing agriculture as well.

05-10-2010, 09:09 PM	#3
lionsiy Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 565 Senior Member	It is the cutting of the import tariffs that Aristide signed that caused the problem- and perhaps the Haitian government will increase their import tariffs - certainly they are still holding onto the boycott against Domnican eggs and chickens which was started a few years ago under the guise of protection from the avian flu. That premise was pretty much exposed as non operative since the flu itself jumped into Haiti. The DR could not get the international certification that Haiti insisted on since it would have to quarantine all chickens And some of the those cock fighting birds travel around in big SUVs with tinted black windows, probably with their own sunglasses on. Anyway.... there is an effective boycott across the border on Dominican chickens and eggs. The rice is not only now a staple in Haiti - wheras it used to be luxury eaten only once a week- but it is a commercial product traded across the border. I do not know how it is that it comes into Haiti cheaper than the DR with DR-CAFTA - but it does. Now the US is not the only country which subsidizes its agriculture. The EU spends a good portion of its budget in subsidizing agriculture as well.
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