CSME

  • December 7, 2000
    349

    CARICOM/EU TRADE A UNIQUE CHALLENGE : CARIBBEAN TRADE AND INVESTMENT REPORT, 2000

    Trade with the European Union (EU) following the new Cotonou Agreement presents a unique challenge for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) according to the Caribbean Trade and Investment Report, 2000 just released by the Economic and Intelligence and Planning Unit of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. However, the Report cautions that the package also poses an imminent threat to the commodity…

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  • December 7, 2000
    286

    CARICOM/EU TRADE A UNIQUE CHALLENGE : CARIBBEAN TRADE AND INVESTMENT REPORT, 2000

    Trade with the European Union (EU) following the new Cotonou Agreement presents a unique challenge for the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) according to the Caribbean Trade and Investment Report, 2000 just released by the Economic and Intelligence and Planning Unit of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. However, the Report cautions that the package also poses an imminent threat to the commodity…

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  • November 20, 2000
    254

    IMPLEMENT OR PERISH : STATEMENT BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY,  AT THE OPENING SESSION OF THE SECOND SPECIAL CONSULTATION ON THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY, 20 NOVEMBER 2000, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS

    Prime Ministers, Ministers, Excellencies, Colleagues in the Public Sector, the Private Sector, the Labour Movement, Consumer Bodies, Non-Governmental Organisations, Bar Associations, Universities, Media from across the Region – Good morning and welcome to this the Second Special Consultation on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy. It is with considerable anticipation that the Secretariat is participating in the convening of this…

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  • November 20, 2000
    329

    WHERE THERE’S A WILL : REMARKS BY MR. DAVID DE CAIRES, PUBLISHER, STABROEK NEWS, AT THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE SECOND SPECIAL CONSULTATION ON THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY, 20 NOVEMBER 2009, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS

    Mr. ChairmanMinisters of Government Perhaps because of the still bitter experience of the failed Federation of the West Indies, or perhaps because of the strong underlying insular and parochial attitudes that persist, the leaders of CARICOM have consistently refused to consider or discuss any form of political union, even one that falls short of Federation. Yet, as Dr. Havelock Brewster…

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  • November 8, 2000
    329

    CARICOM HEADS AND REGIONAL MEDIA MEET TO PROPEL THE CSME

    The Second Special Consultation on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) will take place in Barbados on 20-21 November, 2000 with CARICOM Heads of Government meeting with the regional media networks to intensify the CSME's Public Education Programme. The two-day deliberations will examine circumstances shaping the CSME with a view to designing a campaign aimed at deepening the intra-regional…

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  • June 16, 2000
    358

    CSME IS REGION’S TOP PRIORITY

    Delegates attending the Ninth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), have been encouraged to use the opportunity to assess the progress towards establishment of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), the flagship programme of the regional integration movement, at this critical juncture of the Community's future development. In addressing the opening session this morning, Barbados'…

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  • June 14, 2000
    387

    MAJOR MINISTERIAL MEETINGS IN BARBADOS TO PUSH INTEGRATION PROCESS

    A range of trade, economic and agricultural issues related to the implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), is among the packed agenda for the Ninth Meeting of Ministers of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), which takes place in Barbados on 16th and 17 June, 2000. COTED promotes trade and economic development within CARICOM and…

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  • October 15, 1999
    389

    PUBLIC EDUCATION ON CSME FOR GUYANA

    The Region-wide series of public education workshops which touches on a wide range of issues relating to the implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) will continue in Guyana during this month. The exercises which started in May, 1999, have already been held in Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, St.Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Lucia. It involved…

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  • October 7, 1999
    391

    7th COTED HOLDS FOCUS ON SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY

    The Seventh Ministerial Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development, gets underway tomorrow, 8th October, 1999 at the Secretariat’s Headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana. Ministers and officials will deliberate on several issues of importance to the Region, foremost among them being the status of moves towards the establishment of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy. In this regard they…

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  • July 31, 1999
    325

    REGION SPEAKS WITH ONE VOICE IN TRADE NEGOTIATIONS

    In this era of increasing trade liberalisation the Caribbean is being increasingly regarded as an area of great significance . This point was underscored by the Region’s Chief Negotiator, Sir Shridat Ramphal. His comments came as he opened the Second Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on the Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM) on 9 September…

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