Trade

  • March 8, 2008
    529

    Patterson: FTAA Comatose, but has Lessons for WTO

    CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – “It is with a measure of disappointment that on the eve of my departure from office as Prime Minister of Jamaica and Chairman of the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on External Negotiations of CARICOM, the FTAA – a central, and probably the most important element of our collective vision – has faltered on the rock of political…

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  • April 17, 2007
    601

    Caribbean Trade Ministers Assert their Position on WTO Negotiations

    “This meeting was timely and useful. We heard Director General Lamy’s perspectives on the current status of the negotiations, the obstacles that impede real progress and the way forward in the negotiations. The Caribbean used the opportunity to reiterate our priorities and articulate our key issues in the Doha Development Round of negotiations”. This is the viewpoint of CRNM Director…

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  • March 7, 2007
    464

    CRNM Workshop for Regional Journalists a Success

    The need for ongoing dialogue and multi-stakeholder participation is critical as the region engages in what is now the final stage of the EPA negotiations. The CRNM has already established a number of successful communications outreach initiatives designed to capture the input of the business interests of the Regional private sector through education and training. However, accommodating the conduct of…

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  • February 15, 2007
    482

    The Barbados Statement on behalf of the Proponents of W/535 Rev. 1 at the Informal Meeting of the Committee on Subsidies and Countervailing Measures (SCM), February 15, 2007

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  • January 30, 2007
    487

    Hubs and Spokes Update

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  • January 30, 2007
    512

    Regional Trade Ministers to Decide on Tough External Trade Issues

    CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – The month of February will be a time of serious deliberation for the Region as Ministers will convene to engage a number of salient issues related to external trade at the 20th Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on February 2-3, 2007 in Montego Bay, Jamaica. The tone of the meeting…

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  • January 23, 2007
    589

    Presentation of Study on Cultural Industries to The Prime Minister of Barbados

    CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – As the Caribbean seeks to diversify its services exports, a clear area of comparative advantage is the culture and entertainment sector. In striving to promote Caribbean interests in this sector in external negotiations the CRNM realized that it was first necessary to get a more precise overview of the cultural industries. Based on consultations with industry…

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  • November 14, 2006
    516

    CARICOM TRADE MINISTERS TO PUSH FOR CSME ADVANCEMENT

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Trade Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are to bring into sharper focus the expansion of the categories of persons eligible to move freely, within the context of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The Ministers will meet on 16-17 November in Georgetown, Guyana for the Twenty-Second Meeting of the Council for Trade…

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  • April 12, 2006
    556

    CARICOM Trade Ministers, Portman Agree on Council to Advance Trade Relations

    WASHINGTON, DC – Caribbean Community (CARICOM)-US trade relations received a boost today, as a result of a decision by the two sides to revitalize a long-dormant Trade and Investment Council (TIC). This decision was reached at a meeting of CARICOM Trade Ministers with United States Trade Representative Rob Portman in Washington, D.C. this afternoon.  One of eight CARICOM Ministers at…

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  • April 6, 2006
    452

    Bernal, Hylton meet – Status of Trade Negotiations Discussed

    CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – The Director-General of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM) Ambassador Dr. Richard Bernal met yesterday afternoon with Jamaica’s new Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Anthony Hylton. Ambassador Bernal described this first official meeting, that took place at the office of the Minister in Kingston, as “very productive”. He said, “our exchange of views…

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