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EU May Have to Cut Ambitions
Released: 1 November 2007
Just two months before a deadline set by the European Union for signing all-embracing free trade accords with some of the world's poorest countries, the EU has admitted that it will have to reduce its ambition
Europe drafts contingency plan for failed EPA deals - Caribbean, Central Africa only two likely to complete pact
Released: 1 November 2007
Europe and the ACP: An Agreement for Good
Released: 1 October 2007
Senior World Bank Economists have asked the European Union (EU) to consider extending the December 31st 2007 deadline it has set for an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with African countries
Democratic Accountability and the Doha Round
Released: 17 September 2007
History teaches that open markets best promote economic progress, but markets without good rules can pitch us into chaos, and the rule makers must be broadly accountable or tyranny will follow
Online gambling case pits Antigua against U.S. and challenges WTO
Released: 24 August 2007
With long blond hair reaching his shoulders and dozens of cloth bracelets peeking out from under his sleeves, Mark Mendel hardly conjures up the image of a typical lawyer.
Completing the Doha Round is a "political must" -- Lamy
Released: 23 August 2007
Director-General Pascal Lamy, in a speech in Kuala Lumpur on 17 August 2007, said today's challenges are "resisting protectionist tendencies, investing in policies which ensure that the benefits of trade are spread fairly among and within countries and investing in a stable multilateral trading system"
Capitalizing on the India-Caribbean connection
Released: 23 August 2007
As India celebrated its 60th anniversary of independence from Britain on August 15th, the global investment bank, Lehman Brothers lowered the country’s 2007 gross domestic product forecast to 9.1 per cent from 9.6 per cent
The US-China puzzle
Released: 14 August 2007
A growing problem of deteriorating economic relations between the US and China has implications for Caribbean economies particularly those who have fixed the value of their currencies to the US dollar
Canada and the Caribbean: Ties for good
Released: 14 August 2007
Canada’s Prime Minister Stephen Harper came to the Caribbean on July 19th and 20th on a whirlwind visit as part of a four-country tour in Latin America and the Caribbean
US gone bananas
Released: 17 July 2007
In a most remarkable development following closely on the heels of a meeting in Washington between US President George W Bush and heads of government of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) States