{"id":208623,"date":"2026-10-13T15:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-13T13:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/\/2026\/10\/tajani-domani-allincontro-imprenditoriale-italia-repubblica-dominicana-con-il-presidente-dominicano-luis-abinader\/"},"modified":"2026-10-15T10:52:49","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T08:52:49","slug":"tajani-domani-allincontro-imprenditoriale-italia-repubblica-dominicana-con-il-presidente-dominicano-luis-abinader","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/sala_stampa\/archivionotizie\/comunicati\/2026\/10\/tajani-domani-allincontro-imprenditoriale-italia-repubblica-dominicana-con-il-presidente-dominicano-luis-abinader\/","title":{"rendered":"Tajani attends the Italy\u2013Dominican Republic business meeting with Dominican President Luis Abinader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, participated \u2013 alongside the President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader \u2013 in the Italy\u2013Dominican Republic business meeting at <em>Villa Madama<\/em> in Rome. The event brought together Italian and Dominican senior representatives from institutions and from companies and business associations to explore prospects for economic cooperation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/s4sOlnRoEJU?si=PImkeJ3wgMwbDjJe\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The proceedings began with addresses by Minister Tajani and President Abinader, followed by contributions from Giorgio Silli, Secretary-General of the Italian-Latin American Institute (IILA), and Jos\u00e9 Ignacio Paliza, the Dominican Minister of the Presidency. These were followed by a round-table discussion with business representatives from both countries, who had the opportunity to outline opportunities and prospects for collaboration in their respective sectors. The meeting concluded with a networking lunch.<\/p>\n<p>Trade between Italy and the Dominican Republic grew by 46.2 per cent between 2019 and 2025. In 2025, it reached 595 million euros, with Italian exports totalling 518 million and imports amounting to 78 million. Italy is the country\u2019s second-largest European trading partner after Spain. The Dominican Republic\u2019s economy is growing steadily at rates exceeding 5 per cent per year. The country is establishing itself as a logistics hub for North America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajani, participated \u2013 alongside the President of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader \u2013 in the Italy\u2013Dominican Republic business meeting at Villa Madama in Rome. The event brought together Italian and Dominican senior representatives from institutions and from companies and business associations to explore prospects for economic cooperation. &nbsp; &nbsp; [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":34,"featured_media":208670,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[398,3,28],"class_list":["post-208623","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-comunicati","tag-america-latina-e-caraibi","tag-diplomazia-economica","tag-ministro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208623","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/34"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=208623"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208623\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":208813,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/208623\/revisions\/208813"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/208670"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=208623"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=208623"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.esteri.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=208623"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}