Over the last two days, we have had a most productive and engaging meeting – the first of its kind, bringing together the Sub committees responsible for the CSME and external trade negotiations. I am encouraged by the unity of purpose and the level of commitment demonstrated by all participa...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Leaders of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meeting in Jamaica said the 15-member grouping needed to embrace a new way of thinking, and focus on people-centred development and poverty alleviation. Prime Ministers underscored those position...

Colleague Prime Ministers, Ministers of Trade,  Senior Officials and Members of the CARICOM Secretariat and the CARICOM Regional Negotiating Machinery Staff, I welcome you warmly to Montego Bay Jamaica is a country in transition and expansion and, its second city Montego Bay, is in the forefr...

The Most Honourable Portia Simpson-Miller, Prime Minister of Jamaica and Chairman of the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on External Trade Negotiations The Rt. Honourable Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados and Chairman of the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on the CSME The Honourable Billie M...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Two Prime Ministerial sub-committees of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meet in Jamaica 5-6 February, to forge strategic positions on the key issues of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and External Trade Relations. Jamaica P...

The Most Honourable Portia Simpson-Miller, Prime Minister of Jamaica and Chairman of the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on External Trade Negotiations The Rt. Honourable Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados and Chairman of the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on the CSME The Honourable Billie M...

Colleague Prime Ministers Heads of Delegations Ministers of Trade CARICOM Secretary General Senior Officials and Members of the CARICOM Secretariat Ambassador Bernal and Members of the Regional Negotiating Machinery Delegates Members of the media I welcome you warmly to Montego Bay - the co...

The Most Honourable Portia Simpson-Miller, Prime Minister of Jamaica and Chairman of the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on External Trade Negotiations The Rt. Honourable Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados and Chairman of the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on the CSME The Honourable Billie M...

Colleague Prime Ministers Heads of Delegations Ministers of Trade CARICOM Secretary General Senior Officials and Members of the CARICOM Secretariat Ambassador Bernal and Members of the Regional Negotiating Machinery Delegates Members of the media I welcome you warmly to Montego Bay - the co...

In a challenge to the 20th Special Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Belize, the Hon, Eamon Courtenay asserted that “Current trends in trade relations demand a direct response rather than subtlety”....