Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Secretariat
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Puelba Meeting A Missed Opportunity For FTAA
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – Stalled for over eighteen months now, Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) talks were brought back into the spotlight this week, by a meeting of FTAA Senior Trade Officials in Puebla, Mexico, August 25. At the meeting, CARICOM tabled a proposal – which received support – for all FTAA countries to call on the Trade…
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Informal Puebla Meeting A Possible ‘Life-Line’ For Stalled FTAA Talks
INFORMAL PUEBLA MEETING A POSSIBLE ‘LIFE-LINE’ FOR STALLED FTAA TALKS CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – Senior Trade Officials from several Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) countries will gather in Puebla, Mexico Thursday August 25 to discuss future funding arrangements for the Americas-wide trade talks. The informal meeting is being convened by the Government of Mexico, which currently hosts the…
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FTAA Co-Chairs Cancel Meeting, Again
FTAA CO-CHAIRS CANCEL MEETING, AGAIN CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – A meeting of Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) Co-Chairs that was to have been convened yesterday (May 19) has been cancelled. Having been notified of this latest cancellation, Heads of Delegations were informed that a date had not been identified for a future meeting of…
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RNM News Release 0305 – CARICOM Reaffirms Interest in FTAA
CARICOM REAFFIRMS INTEREST IN FTAA CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – “CARICOM Countries are prepared for the possible resumption of Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) negotiations.” This according to the Director-General of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM), Ambassador Dr. Richard Bernal. “The Region is actively positioning itself to re-shape the ‘vision’ of the FTAA, in accordance with Regional development…
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Chile rallies behind Port-of-Spain, front-runner in Secretariat race
CHILE RALLIES BEHIND PORT-OF-SPAIN, FRONT-RUNNER IN SECRETARIAT RACE CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – Port-of-Spain has formally secured the backing of Chile, in connection with CARICOM’s bid for the Permanent Secretariat of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). Chile is the latest country to signal its endorsement of Port-of-Spain. Recently, Port-of-Spain received the backing of Peru. “These developments are a…
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RNM DG meets with Prime Minister Manning
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – The Director-General of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM), Ambassador Dr. Richard Bernal, met with The Honourable Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, in Port of Spain today. Ambassador Bernal and the Prime Minister had an exchange of views on the status of negotiations across the three major external trade negotiating…
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CARICOM Ministers and US Congressional Representatives meet in Miami
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – The Director-General of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM), Ambassador Dr. Richard Bernal, called for an enhancement of the economic partnership between CARICOM and the United States, “based on interdependence and mutuality of benefits”. He made these remarks today at a forum organized and hosted by the Inter-American Economic Council (IAEC), in Miami. In a presentation…
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Stalled Talks: FTAA Deadline in Doubt
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – The Seventeenth Meeting of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) was not reconvened as previously scheduled, on March 18 to 19. A decision has been taken to postpone the TNC. The decision came at the close of an Informal Meeting of FTAA Vice-Ministers (from selected countries), held in Buenos Aires,…
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