Trade
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Technical Consultation On Services
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – The Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM) is convening a Technical Consultation on Services to be held in Nassau, Bahamas from March 24 to 25. The Technical Consultation will be followed by a meeting of the CARICOM Working Group on Services Negotiations from March 25 to 26. The Technical Consultation will assist trade officials in formulating regional…
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CARICOM To Make Government Procurement Offers
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – The CARICOM Region is grappling, for the first time, with the complex but highly significant issue of government procurement in the context of external trade negotiations. In order to guide the Region in this undertaking, the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM) recently convened the first meeting of the Technical Working Group on Government Procurement (TWG-GP) in…
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BRAZIL/AUSTRALIA CHALLENGE AT THE WTO THREATENS CARICOM SUGAR : PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED BY FOURTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, 1 FEBRUARY 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
CARICOM Ministers at the Fourteenth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) which met in Georgetown, Guyana on 31 January – 1 February 2003 expressed deep concern regarding the challenge to the European Union (EU) sugar regime launched by Brazil/Australia at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in September 2002. This challenge, if successful, would be disastrous for…
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OPENING REMARKS BY MR EDWIN CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE TENTH MEETING OF THE CANADA – CARICOM JOINT TRADE AND ECONOMIC COMMITTEE (JTEC), 18-19 NOVEMBER, OTTAWA, CANADA
Ambassador Lortie Distinguished officials of the Government of Canada Distinguished delegates Ladies and Gentlemen First of all, Ambassador Lortie, let me express my appreciation and that of my delegation to you for your kind opening remarks and to the Government of Canada for the warm welcome and kind hospitality extended to my delegation since our arrival. In spite of these…
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“SWIMMING AGAINST THE TIDE: SMALL AND MICRO STATES IN THE CHANGING INTERNATIONAL DYNAMIC”. FEATURE ADDRESS DELIVERED BY CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL EDWIN W. CARRINGTON AT THE RE-LAUNCHING OF THE COUNCIL OF EXTERNAL TRADE OF SAINT LUCIA, 15 AUGUST 2002, CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA
As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, I would like to thank the Ministry of External Affairs and International Trade and Civil Aviation for affording me the privilege of presenting this address on the occasion of the re-launch of your Council on Economic External Trade, on the eve of the historic Meeting of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, on…
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CARICOM TRADE MINISTERS MEET IN GUYANA
Decisions leading to the continued implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) are expected to be made when Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Officials and Ministers of Government responsible for Economic Development meet in Guyana 22-28 May, 2002. The Officials will meet on 22-25 May 2002, while the Ministers will meet on 27-28 May 2002. Meeting under the umbrella of…
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ONE STEP NEARER TO THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET`
Having already established a Single Market for intra-regional trade in goods, the Caribbean Community has taken a significant step towards the creation of a Single market for Services, Capital and the Establishment of Businesses by CARICOM Nationals. As of 1 March 2002 CARICOM Member States have started implementing a programme with a timetable for the removal of existing restrictions that…
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COTED OFFICIALS, MINISTERS TO DISCUSS TRADE, ECONOMIC ISSUES
Officials and Ministers of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), one of the chief organs of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), meet in Guyana on 23-25 January, to deliberate on a host of trade related and economic issues affecting the regional integration movement. The COTED Officials will first meet on 23-24 January at the Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel to…
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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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