Economic Partnership Agreement – EPA
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Senior CARIFORUM Officials advance review of Rules of Origin under the EPA
(CARIFORUM Directorate, CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Senior CARIFORUM officials recently met to discuss the simplification of the rules of origin governing trade in goods under the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). The discussion took place during the Meeting of CARIFORUM Preparatory to the Fourth Meeting of the Joint Working Group on Simplification of the Rules of Origin…
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Standards and Quality in CARIFORUM States receive additional support from the European Union
(CARIFORUM Directorate, CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – On Wednesday May 14, the Oversight Committee of the new Technical Barriers to Trade (TBT) project under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Support Programme, funded by the European Union (EU), met to review and validate the Work Programme of the project. Director General of CARIFORUM, Ms. Alexis Downes- Amsterdam attended the…
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CARIFORUM-EU Civil Society Representatives review key EPA issues in The Bahamas
(CARIFORUM Directorate, CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Civil society representatives from CARIFORUM and the European Union (EU) met recently in The Bahamas to discuss the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), focusing on trade in services, the agreement’s five-year review, and the impact of International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions on EPA implementation. Representing the CARIFORUM Directorate at the Eighth…
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CARIFORUM and the EU advance CARIFORUM EU Agreement for the Protection of Geographical Indications
(CARIFORUM Directorate, CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Representatives from Intellectual Property Offices and National EPA Coordinators of CARIFORUM States met with their European Union counterparts on recently to continue discussions for a CARIFORUM-EU Agreement for the Protection of Geographical Indications. A geographical indication (GI) is a sign used on products having a specific geographical origin and whose qualities…
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CARIFORUM States continue preparations for the Second Five-Year Review of the CARIFORUM-EU EPA
(CARIFORUM Directorate, CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – CARIFORUM Senior Officials met recently in an Open-Ended Committee to continue preparations for the second joint review of the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). Participants at the Fifth Meeting of the Open Ended Committee This engagement took place during the Fifth Meeting of the Committee, chaired by Ms. Margaret Ventura, the…
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CARIFORUM and the EU advance review of rules of origin under the EPA
(CARIFORUM Directorate, Caribbean Community Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – CARIFORUM Senior officials recently met with counterparts from the European Commission to continue discussions on the simplification of the rules of origin that govern trade in goods under the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). Participants attending the Third Meeting of the Joint Working Group on Simplification of the Rules of…
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Bahamas’ trade official on week-long attachment at CARIFORUM’s EPA Unit
(Caribbean Community Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – The regional Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Implementation Unit is conducting a week-long capacity building programme for The Bahamas’ Director of Trade and Industry, Ms. Brichell Pinder, as part of its ongoing support to Member States to implement the Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM)-European Union (EU) EPA. Ms. Pinder…
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CARICOM Secretary-General addresses Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers Association’s AGM
Thank you for the invitation to address your Annual General Meeting this morning. I always welcome the opportunity to interact with the private sector in our Community, since you are an important stakeholder in our integration arrangements. The fact that this Association has been serving its members continuously for 62 years is testimony to its value. It has…
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CARIFORUM and EU reaffirm commitment to trade and development partnership
CARIFORUM and European Union (EU) trade officials held a one-day meeting in Grenada on Thursday 21 November, at which they reaffirmed the two regions' commitment to their close trade and development partnership. The two sides discussed progress made so far in putting the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) into practice. The EPA aims to promote trade and investment, underpin regional…
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Inter-agency Partnership on EPA Implementation Deepened
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Representatives of regional agencies that are supporting the implementation of the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) in the Caribbean met in St George's, Grenada on 16 October, to discuss the deepening of partnerships. The Regional EPA Implementation Partner Institutions Meeting was organized by the CARIFORUM Directorate based in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat. The…
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