African, Caribbean, EU lawmakers pledge support for free trade
From Xinhua NAIROBI, April 11 (Xinhua) — Lawmakers from Africa, Caribbean, Pacific and the European Union (ACP- EU) on Wednesday pledged support for trade liberalization as a means to promote economic growth, peace and security. The lawmakers who attended a…
Country advisors appointed to the OECS ahead of the open call for proposals under the Direct Assistance Grant Scheme
Bridgetown, BARBADOS, April 5, 2018. The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) in cooperation with the European Union commenced a 3-day workshop to train Country Advisors from OECS countries on the Direct Assistance Grant Scheme (DAGS) at the Trade Winds…
Anthony Travers: The EU and the ‘new 21st century colonialism’
By: Anthony Travers, OBE, Travers Thorp Alberga |From International Investment Responding to public and media pressure brought on by the so-called Panama and Paradise papers exposés, the European Union has been compiling, tweaking and talking for months about its “blacklist”…
Caribbean States share common values & interests with other ACP Countries
By Reinhardt Jacobsen From IDN BRUSSELS (IDN) – As the African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP) girds up its loins for talks on future relations with the European Union (EU) after the Cotonou Agreement expires in February 2020,…
Dominican Republic welcomes the “Regional summit for exchanging innovative experiences and lessons learned on disaster risk reduction”
Santo Domingo, April 2nd 2018 – Next 5th and 6th of April, the Regional Summit for Exchanging Innovative Experiences and Lessons Learned Regarding Disaster Risk Reduction will be taking place in Juan Dolio, Dominican Republic. The coordination of this event…
PM Harris briefed on efforts to delist St. Kitts and Nevis from EU’s non-cooperative tax jurisdictions
St. Kitts and Nevis Media Release: Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister Thursday, March 29, 2018 — BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, March 28, 2018 (Press Unit in the Office of the Prime Minister) – Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable…
Isle of Man: A real danger we will end up in blacklist
From IOMToday The island faces a very real danger of being blacklisted by Brussels, the Chief Minister admitted. Giving evidence to the economic policy review committee, Howard Quayle said his team were working hard to address a ’number of emerging…
Delegates assemble in St. Kitts-Nevis for CARIFORUM Council of Ministers meet
BASSETERRE, St. Kitts–The United Kingdom’s (UK’s) withdrawal from the European Union (EU), also known as “Brexit,” is an emerging trade issue that is of paramount concern for the Caribbean region. Against this backdrop, a number of government ministers and delegates…
UK government is hiding its Brexit plans by making firms sign secretive ‘gagging agreements’
By Thomas Colson From Business Insider The government is reportedly making companies sign secretive non-disclosure agreements preventing them from publishing the impact of Brexit. Numerous firms which operate Britain’s borders have agreed not to share information on how Brexit could…
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Bahamas, St Kitts-Nevis and USVI added to EU tax haven blacklist
From Caribbean News Now BRUSSELS, Belgium — Despite a last-minute effort by deputy prime minister and minister of finance, Peter Turnquest, and minister of financial services, Brent Symonette, to prevent the country’s blacklisting, The Bahamas was on Tuesday included on…
