Article: Dominican Republic head backs Miami's quest for trade pact headquarters.

The Miami Herald Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

Oct. 12--Flanked by his country's most famous export -- major league baseball player Sammy Sosa -- Dominican President Leonel Fernandez made a pitch in Miami on Monday for his nation's economy, which he said was already on the comeback trail.

But first, in a nod to the city with the strongest ties to his Caribbean country, the Dominican head of state offered his support for Miami's quest to win the permanent secretariat for a proposed hemispheric trade pact.

"I always thought that the headquarters of the Free Trade Area of the Americas should not be any other place than where it was ...

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