Former diplomat Frank G. Wisner was the guest speaker at the traditional monthly AMCHAMDR luncheon.

Santo Domingo, February 28.- The American Chamber of Commerce of the Dominican Republic (AMCHAMDR) reaffirmed its commitment to collaborating with the Dominican government in promoting initiatives that foster market globalization and ongoing technological innovation, as well as promoting transparency in the country's public administration.

"We proposed a review of the country's fiscal structure to ensure control over public spending through the approval of a Fiscal Responsibility and Transparency Law," said David Fernández, president of AMCHAMDR, during the institution's traditional monthly luncheon, which featured former U.S. diplomat Frank G. Wisner as guest speaker.

The February 2018 luncheon speaker delivered a presentation entitled "US Foreign Policy: Our Troubled World," in which he elaborated on current US policy and economic perspectives vis-à-vis Latin America and the Caribbean, as well as issues of mutual interest between the region and the United States.

In his speech, Wisner addressed international security, political, and economic issues, including the crisis in Venezuela, U.S. policy toward Cuba, and the interests of China and Russia in the region.

Frank G. Wisner is an American businessman and former U.S. ambassador to India, Egypt, the Philippines, and Zambia. His diplomatic career spans more than four decades and eight U.S. presidents. On January 31, 2011, former President Barack Obama dispatched him to Egypt to negotiate a resolution to the popular protests that swept the country against the regime of Hosni Mubarak. He currently works as an international affairs advisor at the law firm of Squire Patton Boggs in Washington, DC, where he provides global strategic advice on business, politics, and international law.