Caribbean Community (CARICOM) - Very Useful Websites for Trade and Investment

CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM)
VERY USEFUL WEBSITES FOR TRADE AND INVESTMENT

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CARICOM BILATERAL TRADE AGREEMENTS

CARICOM has bilateral trade agreements with the following countries:

Colombia
Costa Rica
Cuba
Dominican Republic
United States of America
Venezuela

Canada-Caribbean Community Free Trade Negotiations

Announcement of possible FTA negotiations was made at Canada-CARICOM Summit on 19 January 2001 in Jamaica.
Inaugural meeting of the Canada-CARICOM free trade negotiations was held on 18 October 2007.

Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA)

United States trade program - effective 1 October 2000 to 30 September 2010 – which provides 18 Caribbean
countries with duty-free access to the US market for a wide variety of goods.
See 2009 Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) Report

Caribbean Trade Reference Centre (CTRC)

Developed by the OAS Foreign Trade Information System (SICE) and the Canadian International Development
Agency (CIDA) to facilitate access to and disseminate information on Caribbean trade.
Provides Trade Information Databases (TID) – trade policy documents, articles, studies, and other related information
– on the following 14 CARICOM Member States: Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica,
Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and
Trinidad and Tobago.

CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (ACP)

Updates on the negotiations.
Implications of the Cariforum-EC EPA by Norman Girvan, January 7, 2008 (20 pages)

Generalized System of Preferences (GSP)

CARICOM MEMBERSHIP ON REGIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL FORUMS

Americas Competitiveness Forum (ACF)

Provides opportunity for governments, businesses, academic and non-governmental organizations to discuss actions
for improving competitiveness and economic prosperity in the Americas.

Organization of American States (OAS)

Founded in April 1948 when 21 nations in the western hemisphere met in Colombia to affirm their commitment to
common goals and respect for each nation’s sovereignty.
Today, all 35 independent countries of the Americas belong to the Organization. Cuba remains a member but is
excluded from participation since 1962. The Members comprise of Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Barbados, Belize,
Bolivia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador,
Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, St. Kitts and
Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, The Bahamas, Trinidad and Tobago, United States,
Uruguay, and Venezuela.
Plays important role in expanding trade at the national, bilateral and multilateral levels for boosting growth, job
generation, and economic integration.

The Secretariat of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States (ACP)

Created in 1975 with the signing of the Georgetown Agreement, establishing a partnership between the ACP Member
States and the European Union.
Member States aim to work together towards peace and stability, the eradication of poverty, sustainable development
and increase competitiveness for gradual integration into the world economy, and to act as a unified political entity in
international forums.

CARIBBEAN FORUMS OVERSEAS FOR THE PROMOTION OF TRADE AND INVESTMENT

Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CACCI)

Founded in New York in 1985 to provide services to Caribbean business owners in the New York area and to promote
trade and investment services between the USA, the Caribbean Region, and the international community.
Offers information on trade and investment opportunities in the Caribbean Region.

DOING BUSINESS WITH CARICOM

World Bank Doing Business 2011 Report

Doing business in small island developing states;
Doing business by country;
Doing business by topic: starting a business, dealing with licenses, employing workers, registering property, getting
credit, protecting investors, transparency, paying taxes, trading across borders, infrastructure, enforcing contracts,
and closing a business.

ARTICLES OF INTEREST

Promoting Caribbean Intellectual Property Law by Abiola Inniss, published on 8 August 2011 by Intellectual
Property Watch.

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