Trade law, development and policy through a Caribbean lens
VIth GORDON K. LEWIS & SYBIL FARRELL-LEWIS MEMORIAL LECTURE Thursday, April 21, 2022 2:00pm-4:00pm EST To honor the memory of Gordon K. Lewis and …
Renaldo Weekes, Guest Contributor Image by Wilfried Pohnke from Pixabay On February 24th, 2022, President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin began a large scale …
Alicia Nicholls On March 2 and 4, Guyana underwent its fourth trade policy review at the World Trade Organization (WTO). The trade policy review mechanism …
Welcome to our Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest covering the week of February 28-March 5, 2022! We are pleased to bring you the major trade …
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Thursday, 3 March 2022) – The Thirty-Third Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the …
My latest short article entitled “Do Caribbean Countries’ International Investment Agreements Help or Hurt their Climate Action?” is now available in the Caribbean Studies Association …
Welcome to our Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest covering the week of February 20-26, 2022! We are pleased to bring you the major trade and …
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Friday, 25 February 2022) – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government will deliberate on several major issues, including the Region’s …
Welcome to our Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest covering the week of February 13-19, 2022! We are pleased to bring you the major trade and …
Alicia Nicholls On January 28, 2022, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Republic of Colombia successfully concluded their Second Ministerial Summit. Trade and investment, especially …
Welcome to our Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest covering the week of February 6-12, 2022! We are pleased to bring you the major trade and …
Welcome to our Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest covering the week of January 31-February 5, 2022! We are pleased to bring you the major trade …
Alicia Nicholls In its ruling delivered on February 1, 2022, the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) has dismissed the original jurisdiction claim filed by Belize …
Happy New Year to all readers! Welcome to our first Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest for the year, covering the week of January 23-30, 2022! …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest for the week of October 31-November 6, 2021! We are pleased to bring you the major trade and …
CARICOM Secretariat: “1.5: Ambition to Defend the Most Vulnerable” Underscoring that Small Island and low-lying coastal Developing States (SIDS) are particularly vulnerable to climate change, …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest for the week of October 3-9, 2021! We are pleased to bring you the major trade and development …
Alicia Nicholls Barbados will be writing its name on history’s page this week as it becomes the smallest nation and first Caribbean country to host …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest for the week of September 26-October 2, 2021! We are pleased to bring you the major trade and …
Alicia Nicholls On September 30, 2021, the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) released its latest report on the operation of the Caribbean Basin Economic …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest for the week of September 12-18, 2021! We are pleased to bring you the major trade and development …
Alicia Nicholls This week I had the honour and pleasure of being a presenter on the “Redefining Trade Governance” panel at the United Nations Conference …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest for the week of September 5-11, 2021! We are pleased to bring you the major trade and development …
Please see the link to the online version of my latest piece in IFC Review’s Economic Review entitled “Why FATF’s Workstream On ‘Unintended Consequences’ Matters …
I am pleased to share that the Afronomics Law Blog Symposium entitled “Prospects for Deepening Africa-Caribbean Economic Relations”, which I am co-convening with the brilliant …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest for the week of August 30-September 4, 2021! We are pleased to bring you the major trade and …
I am pleased to share that the Afronomics Law Blog Symposium entitled “Prospects for Deepening Africa-Caribbean Economic Relations”, which I am co-convening with the brilliant …
Alicia Nicholls Days after the first ever United Nations (UN) International Day for People of African Descent was celebrated, there will be the first ever …
Don’t miss the second jointly hosted webinar by the University of the West Indies’ Institute of International Relations (IIR) and the Caribbean Policy Consortium (CPC) …
Alicia Nicholls According to a World Trade Organization (WTO) quarterly report released on September 2, global exports of intermediate goods saw a 20% year on …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest for the week of August 22-28, 2021! We are pleased to bring you the major trade and development …
This week I was pleased to contribute a piece to a timely Investment Law Symposium entitled “Is Foreign Direct Investment a Blessing or a Grift?” …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest for the week of August 15-21, 2021! We are pleased to once again bring you the major trade …
Alicia Nicholls As of August 12, all Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States have now endorsed the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) statement on …
Alicia Nicholls Newly installed Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General, Dr. Carla Barnett, has voiced her commitment towards greater stakeholder engagement for a “truly integrated, inclusive …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest for the week of August 8-14, 2021! We took a much-needed month-long vacation break and are pleased to …
CARICOM Secretariat: An Installation Ceremony for the new Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Dr Carla Barnett, will be held on Monday 16 August 2021, …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest for the week of July 4-10, 2021! We are pleased to bring you the major trade and development …
Heads of Government of the Caribbean CommunityST JOHN’S DECLARATIONON REDEDICATION TO CSME IMPLEMENTATIONWE, the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), meeting virtually on …
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Wednesday, 7 July 2021) – The Forty-Second Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest for the week of June 20-26, 2021! We are pleased to bring you the major trade and development …
Photo credit: The United Nations Alicia Nicholls The novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic has been a significant setback for countries’ achievement of the 17 United Nations …
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay Alicia Nicholls and Tammi Pilgrim Finance ministers of the world’s seven richest democracies (the Group of 7 or G7) have committed to …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest for the week of June 6-12, 2021! We are pleased to bring you the major trade and development …
Alicia Nicholls Finance ministers and Central Bank governors of the Group of 7 (G7) have committed to a global minimum tax of at least 15% …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest for the week of May 30-June 5, 2021! We are pleased to bring you the major trade and …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest for the week of May 23-29, 2021! We are pleased to bring you the major trade and development …
Call for Submissions General Issue, Vol. 13, No. 2 (Winter’21) The Board of Editors of Trade, Law and Development, a Journal published by the National Law University, Jodhpur, is …
Happy Africa Day! This day, celebrated in African countries and in several other countries around the world, commemorates the foundation of the Organisation of African …
Convenors: Alicia Nicholls Ohio Omiunu Total trade volumes between African and Caribbean countries remain small, but the potential and opportunities for enhancing trade, investment and economic cooperation …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest for the week of May 9-15 2021! We are pleased to bring you the major trade and development …
Alicia Nicholls As of January 1, 2021, the formal trading relationship between the United Kingdom (UK) and CARIFORUM countries (with the exception of Haiti) is …
Photo credit: CARICOM (Photo of incoming CARICOM SG, Dr. Carla Barnett) Alicia Nicholls On August 15, 2021, Dr. Carla Barnett will formally assume office as …
Photo credit: CARICOM Alicia Nicholls Belizean Dr. Carla Natalie Barnett has been unanimously selected by Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to be …
Belizean Dr. Carla Barnett has been unanimously selected by CARICOM Heads of Government to be the next Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). She will …
Convenors: Alicia Nicholls Ohio Omiunu Total trade volumes between African and Caribbean countries remain small, but the potential and opportunities for enhancing trade, investment and economic cooperation …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest for the week of May 2-8, 2021! We are pleased to bring you the major trade and development …
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Fourth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held …
Alicia Nicholls Without doubt, if one considers the significant loss of life, human suffering and economic hardship inflicted by the novel coronavirus disease (COVID-19) since …
Happy International Labour Day 2021 to all! Welcome to the Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest for the week of April 25-May 1, 2021! We are pleased …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest for the week of April 18-25, 2021! We are pleased to bring you the major trade and development …
Convenors: Alicia Nicholls Ohio Omiunu Total trade volumes between African and Caribbean countries remain small, but the potential and opportunities for enhancing trade, investment and economic cooperation …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest for the week of April 11-17, 2021! We are back from our brief hiatus and are pleased to …
Alicia Nicholls The COVID-19 shock inflicted on Caribbean economies and societies is both deep and multi-sectoral. The shockwaves will be palpable for years to come. …
Image by Alexandra_Koch from Pixabay Renaldo Weekes, Guest Contributor COVID-19 has been characterised by the disruption of many systems and procedures that the world uses …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest for the week of March 14-20 2021! We apologise for the delay in this week’s edition and are …
Source: CARICOM Secretariat Introduction The Tenth United Kingdom-Caribbean Ministerial Forum was held virtually on 18 March 2021. The Governments of the United Kingdom and the …
Image by Clker-Free-Vector-Images from Pixabay Alicia Nicholls Coming hot on the heels of the publication of the United States Trade Representative’s (USTR) annual President’s Trade Policy agenda and …
Alicia Nicholls Barbados will make expanding trade levels and deepening cooperation with both traditional and non-traditional partners central planks of its post-COVID-19 economic recovery strategy. …
Convenors: Alicia Nicholls Ohio Omiunu Total trade volumes between African and Caribbean countries remain small, but the potential and opportunities for enhancing trade, investment and economic cooperation …
By: Clair Gammage Olabisi D. Akinkugbe James Thuo Gathii A core legacy of the New International Economic Order of the 1970s is the rise of …
Alicia Nicholls On March 1, 2021, and after a protracted selection period, the World Trade Organization (WTO)’s seventh and first female Director-General, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest for the week of February 22-28, 2021! We apologise for the delay in this week’s edition and are …
Alicia Nicholls The Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) today released the eagerly anticipated 2021 Trade Agenda and 2020 Annual Report to Congress. …
(CARICOM Secretariat, February 25, 2021) The Thirty-Second Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held virtually on …
Image by angelo luca iannaccone from Pixabay Alicia Nicholls The arbitrary inclusion by the European Union (EU) of some Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States on …
Please join the Atlantic Council on Friday, February 26, from 10:00-10:30 a.m. EST / 11:00-11:30 a.m. AST, for a conversation with Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago …
Image by hakan german from Pixabay By Dr. Garrey Michael Dennie, Guest Contributor In the late 60’s and early 70’s the polio virus swept through …
Alicia Nicholls Last week the European Union (EU), one of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)’s largest and key trading partners, released a communication outlining what would …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest for the week of February 14-21, 2021! We are pleased to bring you the major trade and …
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay “And just like we need a unified national response to COVID-19, we desperately need a unified national response to …
Image source: CARICOM Secretariat (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana – Thursday, 18 February 2021) – The Foreign Ministers of CARICOM and Canada will meet virtually on …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest – The Love of Trade Edition for the week of February 7-13, 2021! Happy Valentine’s Day …
Alicia Nicholls Fellow trade nerds and other avid trade followers, today, Sunday, February 14, will be the launch of Ambassador Dr. Richard Bernal’s latest book, …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest for the week of January 31-February 6, 2021! We are pleased to bring you the major …
Alicia Nicholls After several weeks of speculation over whether it would maintain the United States (US) objection to the selection of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as …
Guest Contribution by The Inclusive Agenda “The future of growth and prosperity of the region must be underpinned by efficient, well-functioning, transparent institutions.” Perry Douglas, …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest for the week of January 24-31, 2021! We are pleased to bring you the major trade …
Alicia Nicholls Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) from the European Union (EU) increased five-fold to CARIFORUM countries on a whole over the period 2013-2017, with the …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest for the week of January 17-23, 2021! We are pleased to bring you the major trade …
Belmopan (January 22, 2021): Belize and the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis this week settled a trade dispute that had been ongoing in the …
Alicia Nicholls Happy New Year to all of our readers! Since our last Caribbean Trade & Development News Digest was published near the end of …
Happy New Year! Welcome to the first Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest for 2021! We do hope that you had a great start to …
Dear Readers, As is customary at this time of the year, the CLTD blog will be embarking on our annual Christmas vacation hiatus until January. …
Image by druckfuchs from Pixabay Alicia Nicholls Season’s greetings! It is that time of the year when we on the CTLD blog do our annual …
Season’s Greetings! Welcome to the final Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest for the year 2020. We are pleased to bring you the major trade …
Alicia Nicholls A resolution on the European Union (EU)’s List of High Risk Jurisdictions for Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) was …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade and Development News Digest for the week of December 6-12, 2020. We are pleased to bring you the major trade …
Many critical issues were on the agenda at the last CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) meeting held virtually November 26-27, 2020. The …
From the CARICOM Secretariat: We, the Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Republic of Cuba, gathered via videoconference on …
Season’s Greetings! Welcome to the Caribbean Trade & Development News Digest for the week of November 29-December 5, 2020! We are pleased to bring you the major …
Alicia Nicholls The novel coronavirus virus disease (COVID-19) pandemic has reiterated the need for Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States to not only diversify their economies …
PHOTO CAPTION: CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque (l) and CPSO Chairman Mr Gervase Warner signing the MOU GEORGETOWN, Guyana, December 4, 2020 – The CARICOM …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade & Development News Digest for the week of November 22-28, 2020! We are pleased to bring you the major trade and development …
Photo credit: Pixabay Alicia Nicholls On November 15, 2020, fifteen Asia-Pacific countries signed the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) agreement on the sidelines of the …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade & Development News Digest for the week of November 15-21, 2020! We are pleased to bring you the major trade and development …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade & Development News Digest for the week of November 8-14, 2020! We are pleased to bring you the major trade …
The 15-Member Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has extended its congratulations to President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris. The congratulatory message was sent by the …
Photo credit: Image by heblo from Pixabay Alicia Nicholls Caribbean leaders have joined with those around the world to warmly congratulate US President-elect, Joe Biden, …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade & Development News Digest for the week of November 1-7, 2020! We are pleased to bring you the major trade …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade & Development News Digest for the week of October 25-31, 2020! For October, we are going pink for Breast Cancer Awareness …
CARICOM Secretariat – The Forty-First Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held virtually on 29 October …
Alicia Nicholls This week, two noted International Monetary Fund (IMF) economists in a blog post entitled “Pandemic Persistence Clouds Latin America and Caribbean Recovery” aptly …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade & Development News Digest for the week of October 18-24, 2020! For October, we are going pink for Breast Cancer Awareness …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade & Development News Digest for the week of October 11-17, 2020! We are going pink for Breast Cancer Awareness Month! …
Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay “China’s engagement in the region does not necessarily have to be negative, it could be a big positive for …
I’m excited to be one of the speakers in the second part of this G.O. Lynch Risk Management Webinar II series entitled “Stripdown and Re-dress …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade & Development News Digest for the week of October 4-10, 2020! We are pleased to bring you the major trade …
Photo source: Pixabay Alicia Nicholls On November 3, the American electorate, including Caribbean-Americans, will officially cast its vote for the next President of the United …
Alicia Nicholls The World Trade Organization (WTO) is on track to select its first female Director-General (DG). Out of an original field of eight candidates …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade & Development News Digest for the week of September 13-19, 2020! We are pleased to bring you the major trade …
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque had fruitful discussions with United States Secretary of State Mr …
Welcome to the Caribbean Trade & Development News Digest for the week of September 6-12, 2020! We are pleased to bring you the major trade …
Alicia Nicholls The World Trade Organization Members of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS-WTO Members) are among the WTO Members currently on the global …
On Thursday, September 10, 2020, the United States (US) House of Representatives’ Ways and Means Committee held a hearing to consider the renewal of the …
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