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00:00As you heard this morning, the United States is the main trading partner in Mexico, Colombia and also in the Dominican Republic.
00:12It is also with whom we have a free trade treaty.
00:17Today, when barriers are being put in place, when perhaps we are talking about pre-determining global trade,
00:24our countries have a lot to contribute to this country, and this country has a lot to contribute to us.
00:31Because regardless of the policies, there is a general interest of the United States, Colombia and the Dominican Republic
00:43to grow together, to develop our economies and to contribute to our common development.
00:50We are intertwined.
00:52Mexico, which is the initiator of this valuable initiative to strengthen the integration of our countries,
01:02to bring goods that are produced in our countries, that generate well-being for the producers in our countries,
01:12but also generate well-being for consumers in the United States.
01:17But also, the exchange is to acquire goods in the United States to produce well-being in our countries.
01:25We have in this opportunity the most important representation of the Dominican agricultural sector.
01:32And I thank the effort of cooperativists, of individual producers, of companies in the agricultural area
01:41who have been motivated to be present here, to participate with their brothers in Mexico, in Colombia,
01:48of the knowledge of this market model.
01:52And it is important for us, because the United States is also, as César explained,
01:58the main investor in the Dominican Republic.
02:01More than 6 billion dollars of investment has been brought to a market that establishes a country
02:08that has a democratic model with respect to foreign investment.
02:13But we also have the greatest attractions in tourism.
02:18We are probably the most important economy in Central America.
02:23And therefore, along with Colombia and Mexico, we are an important entity that cannot go unnoticed
02:30at a global level, and less so in this country, which is the main economy in the world.
02:36Florida is the gateway to the goods we export.
02:39It is also the starting point for the tourists we receive.
02:43And we want to continue to strengthen this.
02:45I am very grateful to Linda, to Roger, to Mayor Jerry Deming, to Tony Ortiz,
02:54who has always been with us in these initiatives, and to all the leadership of Central Florida
02:59for opening the door to us, for recognizing the value we have.
03:04And this is also important, and we must thank the fact that the federal authorities
03:11also get involved and support us in these initiatives.
03:14Why? Because they know that this is the only thing that generates well-being.
03:19Strengthen our country, our countries, and strengthen the Americas.
03:25Right now they were talking about Asia, about how Asia has become the...