Raquel Peña: The government is working on a counterproposal to U.S. tariffs

Santo Domingo.- Vice President Raquel Peña reported that the government is working on presenting a counterproposal to the 10% tariff imposed by President Donald Trump on local products shipped to the United States.
Upon hearing the demands of these producers, who are asking the government to expand their export market for Banilejo mangoes, the vice president asserted that the executive branch is working to resolve the situation with U.S. authorities.
On April 2, President Trump presented his proposal for minimum global tariffs of 10% and additional tariffs on a country-by-country basis, claiming that these taxes “will bring unprecedented growth” and “faster than anyone thinks.”
The table the US president showed at the time establishes 10% tariffs for countries such as Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Peru, the Dominican Republic, Costa Rica, and Nicaragua.
“We haven’t given up, just as they’ve proposed. We’re working to negotiate the 10% tariff counterproposal they really want to impose on us. We’re going to work and we’re going to defend ourselves,” Peña said.
“I want to tell you that through President Abinader himself, the Ministry of Agriculture and everything related to agricultural products, but also the Ministry of Industry, Commerce, MSMEs, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, we are working to present a counterproposal. In other words, we haven’t abandoned it, just as you’ve presented it to us,” he added.
From Wednesday to Sunday, Bani will celebrate the twenty-first edition of its Mango Harvest Fair, Expomango 2025, a time that the government took advantage of to listen to the needs and issues that the local mango producers have to address for their growth and development, both in production and in the sale and export of the product.
Easy fix. Make import tax from US lower or none at all.