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Mr. Chairman,
I wish to thank the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the invitation to join you at this luncheon and to share some perspectives and information on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). |
The Honourable E.V.K.S. Elangovan, Minister of State for Commerce, India; Hon. Edwin Carrington, Secretary General, CARCIOM; Colleague CARICOM Trade Ministers; Your Excellency. Virendra Gupta, High Commissioner of India to Trinidad and Tobago; Members of the Indian Delegation; Members of the Media; Ladies and Gentlemen
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has experienced both economic development and setbacks, but as it continues to focus on the December 2005 implementation of its Single Market and Economy (CSME), it is confident of a stronger and reorganised bloc, poised to face the global challenges which threaten our regional economies.
Hon. Samuel Hinds, Prime Minister of Guyana
Hon. Mr. Justice Carl Singh, Chancellor of the Judiciary
Hon. Ralph Ramkarran, Speaker of the National Assembly
Hon. Samuel Insanally, Minister of Foreign Affairs and of CARICOM Affairs
Other Distinguished Ministers of Government
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Other Distinguished Guests
Residents of Turkeyen
Staff of the Secretariat
Members of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen:
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Hon Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize |
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Hon Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize |
WTO BANANA RULING DEVASTATING BLOW TO VULNERABLE CARIBBEAN ECONOMIES
Region’s Banana-Producing Countries Risk being Squeezed out of Market
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – Caribbean banana exporting countries have reacted with alarm to a ruling handed down Monday (August 1) by World Trade Organization (WTO) Arbitrators’ against the EC proposed tariff of €230 per tonne on third country banana imports under its Tariff Only system, that states it would not maintain total market access for MFN banana suppliers.
Hon Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize
Ministers of Government of Belize
His Excellency Dr. John Ashe, Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre
Dr. Kenrick Leslie, Executive Director of the Climate Change Centre and his Staff
Distinguished Representative of the Government of Italy
Dr. Ulric Trotz, Head of the MACC Project
Members of the Board of Governors of the Centre
Other Distinguished Guests
Members of the Media
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Edwin Carrington and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Italy, The Hon. Gianfranco Fini, recently concluded a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on Cooperation between CARICOM and the Republic of Italy