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Trinidad minister defends local manufactures as well as Jamaican counterpart
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, CMC – Trinidad and Tobago Trade and Industry Minister Vasant Bharath Tuesday defended his Jamaican counterpart, AJ Nicholson, who has come under pressure to “step aside” amid the ongoing trade dispute between Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago. Bharath, speaking on local radio here, described the call for Nicholson’s departure by the Jamaica Manufacturers Association (JMA) as…
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Of trade, aid and silence
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad – THE RECENT virtual back-to-back visits by the USA’s Vice-President Joseph Biden and China’s President Xi Jinping have served to fuel optimism for increased trade and economic investment among Caribbean Community states. Current realities in our trade relations with these major and quite influential powers should remind us that given the nature of small and vulnerable…
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WTO Director General urges Caribbean to take advantage of trade opportunities
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – Director General of the World Trade Organization (WTO) Pascal Lamy Tuesday urged developing countries to ensure they have the necessary trade capacity to take advantage of a changing global environment. Addressing the launch of the Caribbean Regional Aid for Trade (AFT) Strategy, Lamy said however having trade opportunities is not enough. “We must translate…
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CARICOM says Aid for Trade pivotal to maximising trade agreements
PORT AU PRINCE, Haiti, CMC – The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Tuesday launched its Caribbean Regional Aid for Trade (AFT) Strategy with CARICOM Secretary General Irwin La Rocque saying the strategy will play a pivotal role in allowing member countries to maximise the opportunities available under the various bilateral and multilateral trade agreements they have signed in the past. LaRocque told…
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UK will get no favours to stay in single market, MPs warn
Britain will not get “special treatment” from EU members to stay in the single market, MPs will warn as they urge Conservatives to be realistic about attempts to repatriate powers from Brussels. The Commons foreign affairs committee will say on Tuesday it is sceptical that member states would allow the UK to water down integration and repatriate powers. The cross-party…
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PM dismisses objection to Grenadian attorney for position as magistrate
ROSEAU, Dominica, CMC – Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has described as “pure mischief” the decision of a radio talk show host to write the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC) objecting to the appointment of former Grenada government minister as a magistrate in Dominica. Attorney Arley Gill was scheduled to have taken up his appointment earlier this month, even as Attorney…
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Dominica to host OECS public awareness programme on Economic Union
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, CMC – Dominica will be the first country within the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) to participate in a national public awareness programme on the OECS Economic Union. OECS Director of Economic Affairs Randy Cato said the public awareness programme is aimed at providing information on the Economic Union to the general public. The team, which…
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Opposition leader cries intimidation
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, CMC – The leader of the main opposition People’s Action Movement (PAM), Shawn Richards, has accused the government of “using the armed forces” in an effort to intimidate citizens as he commented on the decision by members of the St Kitts Nevis Defence Force (SKNDF) to march through the streets of the capital on Monday. The soldiers,…
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