Trade and Economic Issues
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY HON. JARETTE NARINE, MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, LAND AND MARINE RESOURCES, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, AT THE OPENING OF THE NINETEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 11 MAY 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Honourable Secretary-General of CARICOM, Mr. Edwin Carrington, Honourable Minister of Agriculture, Guyana, Mr. Satyadeow Sawh Fellow Ministers of Member States, Colleague Ministers of Agriculture Senior Technical Officers of the Respective Caribbean Member States Members of the Media, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, Good Afternoon. It is indeed a pleasure and privilege for me to be here, and to be participating in…
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STATEMENT DELIVERED BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EIGHTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 7 JANUARY 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Outgoing Chairman of COTED, Hon. Montgomery Daniel, Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture St Vincent and the Grenadines Incoming Chairman of COTED, Hon Michael Jong Tjien Fa, Minister of Trade and Industry of Suriname Hon. Clement Rohee, Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation Ministers of Government of Member States of the Community Representatives of Institutions of the…
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WORLD TRADE CENTRE/CARIBBEAN CENTRAL AMERICA ACTION/CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT – FLORIDA-CARIBBEAN COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES: POSITI0NING CARIBBEAN BUSINESSES TO COMPETE IN AN FTAA ERA – THE FLORIDA-CARIBBEAN RELATIONSHIP: A CARIBBEAN PERSPECTIVE PRESENTED BY MR. BYRON W. BLAKE, CONSULTANT, TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT, 23-24 JUNE 2004
Introduction The Florida-Caribbean relationship is both historical and strategic. The Caribbean benefitted in the World War II and post-World War II periods as significant numbers of Caribbean farm workers found employment building the Florida Sugar and Citrus Industries. The strong agrarian Florida economy laid the base for its current dynamic industrial and service-based economy. The new economy has attracted more…
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REGIONAL VIEWS ON WTO NEGOTIATIONS PLACED IN SHARPER FOCUS
Two months after the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Round of talks broke down in Cancun Mexico, CARICOM Ministers of Trade seek to assert the Caribbean’s position for the resumption of negotiations and offer their perspective on the way forward. Meeting with Director General of the WTO, Dr Supachai Panitchpakdi in Georgetown last weekend, the Ministers together with representatives from Mexico,…
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CARICOM-UK LEADERS TALK TRADE AND SECURITY
CARICOM Heads of Government, in London en route to the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Abuja, Nigeria, met over breakfast with UK Prime Minister Tony Blair today at his invitation. They took the opportunity at this the latest in their biennial discussions, to exchange views on a number of issues of mutual interest, particularly those relating to trade…
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CARICOM TRADE MINISTERS AND WTO HEAD TO MEET IN GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Caribbean Trade Ministers will meet with the Mexican Foreign Minister and the Director General of the World Trade Organisation, (WTO), Dr. Supachai Panitchpakdi in Georgetown, Guyana on Friday 28 November, 2003. H.E Ernesto Derbez, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Mexico was the Chairman of the Fifth Session of the WTO Ministerial Conference, which was held in Cancun in early September.…
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SECRETARY-GENERAL OFF TO INDIA, CHOGM
CARICOM Secretary-General Mr. Edwin Carrington is closing off a busy year with a heavy schedule of engagements, which began last weekend. On Sunday, Mr. Carrington left the Region with the Chairman of the Community Council of Ministers, the Hon. K. D. Knights, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica, on a six-day visit to India in response to…
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TRADE ISSUES TO DOMINATE NINTH SPECIAL MEETING OF CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT
Following their decision of last July in Montego Bay, Jamaica, CARICOM Heads of Government will meet in special session in Castries, Saint Lucia on November 13-14, 2003 with a view to maintaining the momentum regarding a number of issues discussed at that July meeting. The Heads of Government are to pay particular attention to issues surrounding governance of the Community,…
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CANCUN SUMMIT COLLAPSES : GLOBAL TRADE AGENDA ‘UNSETTLED’ CARIBBEAN REGIONAL NEGOTIATING MACHINERY
The Fifth World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference came to an end in Cancún, Mexico, September 14. However, the ‘endgame’ was not the result WTO members had hoped for. The Cancún summit closed with no consensus on key items on its agenda. Members failed to bridge their differences. Divisions amongst members proved too deep. “There were fundamental differences over key…
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STATEMENT FOR THE PRESS FROM CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE FIFTH MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE OF THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION, 10-14 SEPTEMBER 2003, CANCUN, MEXICO
Today the Fifth Ministerial Conference of the World Trade Organization in Cancun, Mexico, at which all Caribbean Countries were present, ended without agreement on the many key issues. Billed as a Conference to advance the Doha Development Round of Trade Negotiations, the Conference collapsed on the key issues for developing countries such as agriculture, non-agricultural market access, small economies and…
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