Trade
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GUYANA HOSTS CARICOM-CUBA TRADE SYMPOSIUM
Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Trade, the Hon. Ricardo Cabrisas will lead his country’s delegation of public and private sector officials to the Caribbean-Cuba Trade and Investment Symposium to be held in Guyana on November 20-21. A trade exhibition of Cuban products will be mounted at Le Meridien Pegasus during the Symposium and more than 20 Cuban companies have indicated they…
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CARIBBEAN/CUBA TRADE SYMPOSIUM FOR GUYANA
Cuba will be the focus of four days of activity in Guyana beginning November 18. The CARICOM/Cuba Joint Commission will hold its Fifth Meeting on November 18-19 and immediately following, Guyana will be host for a two-day Caribbean/Cuba Trade and Investment Symposium on November 20-21. The symposium is being held with the assistance of the CARICOM Secretariat and the Caribbean…
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BASIC INFORMATION ON FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN CARICOM AND THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) signed on August 22, 1998 between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Dominican Republic will establish a Free Trade Area composed of 14 million people when it comes into effect. The FTA will come into effect either on January 1, 1999 or upon completion of a plan of action scheduled to be completed ninety days…
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REGIONAL PRIVATE SECTOR URGED TO MAXIMISE OPPORTUNITIES IN FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS
CARICOM’s Assistant Secretary-General, Mr. Byron Blake is hopeful that the Regional private sector will take full advantage of opportunities provided under Free Trade Agreements entered into between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and other countries, and groupings. Speaking during an interview for the next edition of ‘Concerning CARICOM’, a monthly radio magazine of the Secretariat, Assistant Secretary-General, Regional Trade and Economic…
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CARICOM/CANADA MEET IN GEORGETOWN THIS WEEK
The Ninth meeting of the CARICOM/Canada Joint Trade and Economic Committee (JTEC) begins in Georgetown, Guyana on Thursday 19 February, 1998. This meeting takes place against the backdrop of the upcoming second Summit of the Americas scheduled for Santiago, Chile in April and the recent expansion of Caribbean Community/Canadian Technical Cooperation Agreement (CARIBCAN), the one way duty free trade arrangement,…
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UWI (ST AUGUSTINE) HOSTS CHILE-CARICOM WORKSHOP ON ECONOMIC INTEGRATION AND FREE TRADE
A workshop on Economic Integration and Free Trade: Challenges and Responses Chilean and CARICOM Perspective, a joint initiative of the University of the West Indies Latin American-Caribbean Centre (LACC) in Jamaica and the Government of Chile through its Agency for International Cooperation (AGCI), will be held at the Institute of International Relations on the St. Augustine Campus of the University…
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