ISDS Case Map
CARICOM
This paper discusses lessons for the regional progressive movement of the 2007-2008 campaign of Caricom civil society to secure public review and government renegotiation of the CARIFORUM-EU EPA
Lessons from the EU-Caribbean FTA negotiating process in view of a possible Canada-CARICOM FTA, by Norman Girvan
The Federation of St Kitts and Nevis has received approval from CARICOM to enter into trade negotiations with Brazil
The Dominican Republic, which is already linked to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as a part of the CARIFORUM which recently signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with Europe, has resubmitted its application to join the 15-member grouping and regional leaders seem willing to welcome the country into the fold.
As the global marketplace becomes more anaemic, the Caribbean Council will next month host a forum aimed at improving private businesses' understanding of how the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) will be implemented.
Two years ago, newly elected Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper acknowledged his country's neglect of the Caribbean in recent years.
Jamaica's Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh, has expressed concerns about the upcoming free trade agreement to be signed between Canada and CARICOM.
Caricom negotiations with Canada on a Free Trade Agreement (FTA) have been proceeding since 2007. At their summit in Belize on March 12-13, Caricom Heads approved a ‘Negotiating Brief' with the proviso that it may need to be re-examined in the context of the global economic situation. It sounds like they wish to keep their options open.
Sir Shridath Ramphal has warned against the danger of "devaluing the goals" of the Caricom Single Market and Economy (CSME) and is urging the region's decision makers to avoid a course that could only be "to our peril" at a time of enormous economic challenges.
The country has no faith in CARICOM's ability to either address pending agreements or to be the implementing authority for the CARIFORUM/EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
