Areas of Work
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Calibration Workshop planned for February
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has a relatively developed system for national legislation for weighing machines. Automatic weighing devices are widely used to determine the quantity of loads in terms of mass. While some applications are specified by national legislation, they are subject to legal metrological control. In CARICOM there is an ever increasing need to have metrological quality confirmed by…
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CARICOM POSITION ON AGRICULTURE AND SERVICES FOR WTO NEGOTIATIONS
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers responsible for Trade and Economic Development have agreed to a CARICOM position on Agriculture and Services in the current round of negotiations taking place in the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Assistant Secretary-General for Regional Trade and Economic Integration at the CARICOM Secretariat, Byron Blake, reporting on the CARICOM initiative, explained that the Ministers also agreed…
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COTED MEETS ON CRUCIAL CSME MATTERS
The Tenth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) will focus on crucial issues concerning the establishment of CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) when the week-long officials and ministerial deliberations begin at the Guyana-based CARICOM Secretariat on 8 January, 2001. The outcome of the Second Special Consultation between CARICOM and the Civil Society leadership in Barbados…
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UPSURGE IN CROSS BORDER INVESTMENT: POTENTIAL FOR CONGLOMERATE BUSINESS IN THE REGION
There is an upsurge in cross-border investment within the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), with potential conglomerate forms of business organisations emerging in the Region. The enterprising intra-CARICOM investors are mainly from the light manufacturing, distribution and financial services sectors. This was reported by the Economic Intelligence and Planning Unit of the Caribbean Community(CARICOM) Secretariat in its recently released Caribbean Trade and…
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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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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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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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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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