EPA and CSME Standby Facilities launched

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) (The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Standby Facility represents a new paradigm for collaboration between Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) States and the European Union (EU), as does the Caribbean Co...
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CSME- Free Movement of Capital

A person or company from any one of those Member States would now be able to:Produce and trade in goodsProvide servicesMove capitalEstablish business enterprises and move freely without a work permit to another Member State.In addition, Member States would have implemented policies and laws that wou...
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TRADE MINISTERS MOVING TOWARDS CHARTING A NEW PATH

    (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Trade Ministers have begun discussions on how to strategically position the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) to deliver on its mandates to the Community. Mini...
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Social Security in CARICOM

The CARICOM Agreement on Social Security was signed in Georgetown, Guyana on 1 March 1996 and came into effect on 1 April 1997. From this date persons can thus apply for benefits under the Agreement.The Agreement is intended to protect CARICOM Nationals’ entitlement to benefits and provide equality ...
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CSME and Rural Communities

​Service providers may also move to establish businesses under the Companies Act or the Registration of Business Names Act. The procedure in those cases would be the same as those applying to the establishment of business for the provision of goods by a Company. Additionally, however, servic...
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