trade
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Caribbean Seeks to Provide Additional Support to Existing Investors
Targeting existing investors to reinvest in the Caribbean and creating linkages in the domestic economy between investors and local suppliers to drive investment growth were issues at the centre of the strategy recommended to the region’s’ Investment Promotion Agencies (IPAs) at the recently held workshop facilitated by the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) in collaboration with the Caribbean Association…
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Building Geographical Indications for the Caribbean’s Origin-Linked Products
The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) opened the two-day sub-regional workshop on branding and the use of geographical indications in the development of management strategies for origin-linked products at the Knutsford Court Hotel in Kingstown, Jamaica on July 21st. With the aim of building the capacity of CARIFORUM producers to identify and develop geographical indications and origin linked products,…
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World Bank proposes new directions to boost trade in the region
CASTRIES, St. Lucia, Wednesday June 17, 2015 – A new World Bank report says there is considerable potential for boosting trade and accelerating growth in the region. The report, ‘Trade matters: New opportunities for the Caribbean’ which was released yesterday at the Third Regional Caribbean Growth Forum, highlights that trade plays an important role in job creation. “Continued efforts to…
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CARICOM Welcomes Canada’s Approach To WTO On Caribcan
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat welcomes the decision of Canada to seek a new waiver in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) for the CARIBCAN arrangements. The Secretariat looks forward to its early approval which will ensure that existing CARICOM trade with Canada will continue without disruption. The Secretariat will be convening a Special Meeting…
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Caribbean Export Explores Technical Management Unit To Support Regional Trade
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands — Following the successful hosting of a business forum in the Cayman Islands, for private sector firms, the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) explored the establishment of a technical management unit (TMU) to assist exporters from the Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) states that are interested in entering the French Caribbean…
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Caribbean Export Awards €700,000 to Agri-business and Handicraft Firms in Haiti and the Dominican Republic
The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) has awarded €700,000 to 31 firms and Business Support Organizations (BSOs) in Haiti and the Dominican Republic via the Binational Grants Programme, as part of the Haiti/Dominican Republic Binational Programme, Commerce Component, funded by the European Union under the 10th European Development Fund (EDF). The announcement was made at the launch and reimbursement workshops…
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Regional Sensitisation and Needs Assessment Workshops convened
A capacity-building project which focuses on Competition, Pubic Procurement and Customs and Trade Facilitation for CARIFORUM stakeholders was formally launched this morning ahead of a workshop to sensitise participants on the training opportunities available under the project. A workshop to conduct an assessment of training needs of CARIFORUM States in the three referenced areas will follow on 26th-27thMarch 2015. The launch…
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CARICOM Creole speaking stakeholders talk CSME in Dominica
Creole speaking Dominicans, as well as Haitians residing in that CARICOM Member State got their chance on Thursday February 27th, 2015, to learn about the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and the five regimes which facilitate its operation as a single marketspace. The platform was the very popular Creole radio interview and call-in show “Naftanoun” which airs weekdays on…
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Caribbean Export supports Haiti and the Dominican Republic at the 18th International Hotel Investment Forum 2015
The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) supported the participation of the Centre for Export and Investment of the Dominican Republic (CEI-RD) and the Center for Facilitation of Investments (CFI) of Haiti, at the 18th International Hotel Investment Forum (IHIF) 2015 in Berlin, Germany from March 2-4, 2015. Caribbean Export organized this mission within the framework of the Haiti/Dominican Republic Binational…
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AMCHAM Jamaica, T&T turn to SOCA to expand services sector under CBI
THE American Chambers of Commerce (AMCHAM) of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago have teamed to promote trade and investments in services between Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries and the United States through the 32-year-old Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI). The joint effort will utilise the foundation laid by Services of the Caribbean (SOCA), a regional effort which was launched in Washington, DC two years ago to switch CBI…
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