Information on the WTO’s Agriculture Agreement
WTO Negotiations on Fisheries Subsidies
Website of the Office of Trade Negotiations (OTN) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat (formerly the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM)). Contains the full text of the CARIFORUM-EU EPA, information on the CARICOM-Canada negotiations, the WTO negotiations, etc.
Website of the CARICOM Single Market & Economy (CSME) unit of the CARICOM Secretariat
An overview of the CARIFORUM EU EPA from the perspective of the European Union (dated July 2008)
ODI Report on CARIFORUM-EU EPA
A report by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), prepared for the European Parliament, which focuses on the likely development impacts of the CARIFORUM-EU EPA.
[1] Unless otherwise stated, all references to chapters and articles are to Title I of Part II of the most recent version of the Agreement, available on http://crnm.org/
[2] Although the EPA has not yet been signed, the European Council, by way of Regulation (EC) No 1528/2007 of 20 December 2007 authorized, as of January 1, 2008, the duty-free entry of goods originating in ACP states that have initialed agreements establishing, or leading to the establishment of, Economic Partnership Agreements
[3] The African, Caribbean and Pacific group, the grouping of states, which along with the European Union, signed the Cotonou Agreement of 2000. The Cotonou Agreement, like its predecessor Lomé Agreements, granted non-reciprocal duty free treatment for most exports from the ACP to the EU.
[4] Following a three year moratorium
[5] Under the Rules of Origin, CARIFORUM countries will be able to incorporate raw materials from each other’s production as well as from that of other ACP States and still have the final goods qualify for preferential treatment into the EU. This is referred to as “cumulation”.
[6] See JOINT DECLARATION ON REALLOCATION OF UNDELIVERED QUANTITIES UNDER THE SUGAR PROTOCOL attached to the agreement
[7] See JOINT DECLARATION ON BANANAS attached to the agreement
[8] Geographical indications are indications that identify a good as originating in the territory of a country, or a region or locality in that territory, where a given quality, reputation or other characteristic of the good is essentially attributable to its geographic origin.
Private Sector Trade Note Volume 6: CARICOM-USA Trade
Office of Trade Negotiations (CARICOM Secretariat)
Background information on CARICOM’s negotiations with Canada and on specific issues
CARICOM Stats – Trade with Canada
Summary statistics on trade between CARICOM and Canada
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
The website of the ministry of agriculture of Canada
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
The website of the ministry of foreign affairs and international trade of Canada
Section on Canada-Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Free Trade Negotiations
The website of the ministry of fisheries and oceans of Canada
Wikipedia.org article
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Office of Trade Negotiations (CARICOM Secretariat)
Background information on CARICOM’s negotiations with Canada and on specific issues
CARICOM Stats – Trade with Canada
Summary statistics on trade between CARICOM and Canada
Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
The website of the ministry of agriculture of Canada
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada
The website of the ministry of foreign affairs and international trade of Canada
Section on Canada-Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Free Trade Negotiations
The website of the ministry of fisheries and oceans of Canada
Wikipedia.org article
Caribbean Single Market and Economy Unit
CSME website of Trinidad and Tobago
This is a blog set up to generate discussions on the CSME. The objective of the blog is to educate and inform Caribbean people about the CSME.
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