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CARICOM and Colombia negotiate to expand South-South cooperation
CARICOM and Colombia trade negotiators concluded the second round of negotiations to update the CARICOM-Colombia Trade and Economic and Technical Cooperation Agreement (TECA), in Bogota, Colombia on 10 September 2025. The negotiations, which took place over two days, covered the expansion of preferential market access for agricultural and industrial products as well as institutional issues. The CARICOM negotiating Co Chair,…
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CARICOM Secretary-General delivers remarks at AfriCaribbean Trade and Investment Forum | 28 July 2025 |St George’s, Grenada
We need to bring focused intent on making our partnerships inclusiveand for our people to connect or re-connect for partnerships to thrive. CARICOM remains committed to work side by side with the African Union to ensure that the partnerships are broad based and include specifically young people and women. Her Excellency Dame Cécile La Grenade, Governor-General of Grenada Honourable Dickon…
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Japan and Colombia appoint new ambassadors to CARICOM
The governments of Japan, and the Republic of Colombia have appointed new Ambassadors to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The accreditation ceremonies took place on Tuesday, July 1, at the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana. CARICOM Secretary-General accepted the Letter of Credence from the new Ambassador of Japan to CARICOM, His Excellency Dr. UMEZAWA Akima noting that the CARICOM Secretariat headquarters,…
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CARICOM-Colombia Foreign Ministers meeting taking place in Cartagena de Indias
(Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) –CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett is leading the Secretariat’s delegation to the Third Meeting of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Republic of Colombia, which will be held in Cartagena de Indias, Colombia, on May 28, 2025. The theme of the meeting is “Sustainable Development and Climate…
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Statement from the Chair of CARICOM | Impact of the Global Crises on the Caribbean
The transcript of the Statement from the Honourable Mia Amor Mottley, Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on the impact of the global crises on the Caribbean. Good day. I speak to all our Caribbean brothers and sisters today, not as the Prime Minister of Barbados, but in my capacity as chair of the Caribbean Community. Our world is in…
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Remarks by Dr. Carla N. Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General, | Opening, Fifty-Ninth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development| Georgetown, Guyana| 27 November 2024
‘As this COTED deliberates, we are reminded that the framers of the Revised Treaty sought to be careful to strike the right balance between the common interests of the Community and the interests of Member States within our Community of sovereign states. They did not intend to promote winners and losers; rather, the objective is a Community that supports enhanced…
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CARICOM, Argentina Foreign Ministers meet during OAS General Assembly
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Foreign Ministers met with Her Excellency Diana Mondino, Minister of Foreign Affairs, International Trade and Worship of the Argentine Republic in the margins of the Organisation of American States (OAS) General Assembly taking place in Asunción, Paraguay, from 26-28 June 2024. Discussions during the encounter addressed global, hemispheric, and bilateral…
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CARICOM Trade Ministers meet in Georgetown for 58th COTED
CARICOM Ministers with responsibility for trade began a two-day meeting on Tuesday 14 May at the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana. Senator the Hon. Paula Gopee-Scoon, Minister of Trade and Industry of Trinidad and Tobago, is the Chair the 58th Regular Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED). At the opening session, Minister Gopee-Scoon highlighted the matters…
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Remarks by Dr. Carla Barnett, CARICOM Secretary-General, Opening 55th Meeting of COTED, 28 November 2022
Honourable, Alva Baptiste, Minister of External Affairs International Trade, Civil Aviation and Diaspora Affairs of Saint Lucia and Chair of Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED); Other Honourable Ministers and Heads of Delegations; Representatives of Regional Institutions; Distinguished Delegates; Ladies and Gentlemen. It is my pleasure to say a few words of welcome to this Fifty-Fifth Regular Meeting of…
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Barbados Gov’t caps fuel prices – CARICOM Business
Effective August 19, consumers in Barbados will be paying less for gasoline and diesel as Prime Minister Mia Mottley announced that the price of fuel at the pump will be capped for the next five months. Gasoline will cost BDS$4.48 (US$2.24) per litre, while diesel will be BDS$4.03 (US$2.01) until January 31, 2023. Mottley also said that the cap on…
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