NOT ALL BLACK AND WHITE: Could Brexit lead to a Caribexit?
By Pat Hoyos, From Nation News Barbados In her speech to the House of Commons announcing that government had triggered the legendary Article 50, thus putting Britain on a two-year deadline in which to negotiate its departure from the European…
The French presidential election is a terrifying farce that everyone needs to pay attention to
By Brunello Rosa, From Business Insider Italia Following the first presidential debate on March 20, the race for the French presidency is now in full swing. My research firm MacroGeo is following these elections very closely. At the end of…
More uncertainty for Caribbean sugar producers
By Bert WilkinsonFrom New York Amsterdam News In just six months, sugar producers in the Caribbean Community will be forced to confront a major new challenge linked to a decision by the European Union to end decades of fixed quotas…
European banks book $27 billion profit in tax havens, Oxfam says
By Stephen Morris From Bloomberg 20 lenders paid no tax on 383 million euros of profit in 2015 Subsidiaries in tax havens twice as profitable as elsewhere Europe’s largest banks routed 25 billion euros ($27 billion) through tax havens in…
EUR 24 M in support to the Caribbean’s private sector
From the European Union Bridgetown, BARBADOS, March 23rd, 2017. The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) and the European Union (EU) have signed the 11th European Development Fund (EDF) agreement worth EUR 24 Million to support regional private sector development….
U.S. probes banking of ex-Trump campaign chief Paul Manafort
By Jack Gillum, Menelaos Hadjicostis, Eric Tucker Associated Press From Chicago Tribune The U.S. government investigation of President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, crossed the Atlantic earlier this year to the Mediterranean island nation of Cyprus, once known…
Bad agreement for the Caribbean
By Grenville Phillips II From Barbados Today Ambassador Daniela Tramacere, head of the European Union delegation to the region, has recently publicly challenged my assessment of the region’s trade agreement with the EU. The trade agreement is called the Economic…
German Minister: France must ‘dramatically’ accelerate reforms to thwart populism
Reuters From Business Insider BERLIN (Reuters) – France must accelerate reforms and changes to tackle growing social and economic problems that are fuelling nationalism, populism and the rise of Marine Le Pen, leader of the far-right National Front, a top…
Theresa May has blocked a second Scottish independence referendum before Brexit
By Adam Bienkov From Business Insider LONDON — Theresa May has announced her intention to block a second Scottish independence referendum before Britain has left the EU. Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon said on Monday that she intends to call a referendum at some…
Going bananas over Brexit
By Samantha Sen From In Depth news LONDON (ACP-IDN) – The Brexit question as seen by the small and poor group of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries is far simpler – and potentially far more lethal – than those…
