trade
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PRIME MINISTERIAL FORUM TO FOCUS ON CSME, EXTERNAL TRADE RELATIONS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Two Prime Ministerial sub-committees of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meet in Jamaica 5-6 February, to forge strategic positions on the key issues of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and External Trade Relations. Jamaica Prime Minister, The Most Hon, Portia Simpson-Miller will host the Joint Meetings at the Ritz Carlton Resort and Golf…
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TRADE CHALLENGES REQUIRE DIRECT RESPONSE – COTED CHAIR
In a challenge to the 20th Special Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Belize, the Hon, Eamon Courtenay asserted that “Current trends in trade relations demand a direct response rather than subtlety”. Given this view, he has charged the meeting now underway in Montego Bay, Jamaica, to…
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CARICOM TRADE MINISTERS TO PUSH FOR CSME ADVANCEMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Trade Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are to bring into sharper focus the expansion of the categories of persons eligible to move freely, within the context of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The Ministers will meet on 16-17 November in Georgetown, Guyana for the Twenty-Second Meeting of the Council for Trade…
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Caribbean: Sugar Price Cut Unconscionable, Devastating
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – “The decision of the EU to proceed with such a hefty price cut is outrageous and unconscionable, and as though to add insult to injury EU beet sugar producers will now receive compensation covering 64.2% (inclusive of an additional €2.2 billion) of the loss incurred by the price cut. In contrast, a meagre €40 million has…
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Civil Society Discusses Caribbean-EU Trade Pact
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – As part of efforts to strengthen the participation of and dialogue with regional civil society stakeholders as regards CARIFORUM-European Union (EU) Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) negotiations, a Caribbean Non-State Actors (NSA) Network was launched in Barbados, November 13. The regional network of NSAs, embracing private sector umbrella groupings, trade unions, farmers’ associations, consumer groups, academics and…
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JAPAN TO HOST FIRST CARIBBEAN TRADE, TOURISM AND CULTURAL FAIR
Preparations for the historic Caribbean Trade, Tourism and Cultural Fair billed to run for four days in Tokyo, Japan next year, moved into high gear with the Region's processed food and beverage manufacturers, and the public and private sectors getting ready for what promises to be a grand Caribbean exposition. The Caribbean exposition is mooted as the stepping stone to…
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CARICOM STATEMENT ON THE EU BANANA IMPORT REGIME ISSUED BY THE 10TH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE
The Tenth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) which was convened in Georgetown, Guyana,11-12 January 2001 is dismayed at the decision of the Agriculture Council of the European Union to direct the Commission to prepare for a revised EU banana import regime based on the principle of “First Come, First Served” (FCFS). The proposal is totally…
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