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  • Caribbean Trade & Development Digest – October 13-19, 2019

    Caribbean Trade & Development Digest – October 13-19, 2019

    Welcome to the Caribbean Trade & Development News Digest for the weeks of October 13-19, 2019! We are happy to bring you the major trade and development headlines and analysis from across the Caribbean Region and the world from the past week.

    THE WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS

    The EU and UK announced they had negotiated a new Brexit deal whose full text may be found here. The deal is yet to receive UK parliamentary approval and instead the UK House of Commons voted to delay Brexit again. PM Boris Johnson sent a letter to Brussels seeking a delay. However, the UK government will seek a meaningful vote on the deal tomorrow, Monday. Catch up on the latest Brexit developments here.

    REGIONAL NEWS

    Marriott Acquires Elegant Hotels in Barbados, Boosting All-Inclusive Offering

    Travel Market Report: Marriott has agreed to buy Elegant Hotels Group in a $130.1 million deal, as it looks to grow its all-inclusive portfolio in the Caribbean. Read more

    J’can Company B&D Gains From US-China Trade War – Grows Lobster Sales As Conch Ban Bites Into Income

    Jamaica Gleaner: With US$185 billion worth of duties being slapped on American exports to China in retaliation for US imposition of US$550 billion in tariffs on Chinese goods, leading seafood exporter, Kingston-based B&D Trawling Limited is ramping up volumes of live and frozen lobster sales into that Asian market at a significantly lower tariff than its US competitors. Read more

    Caribbean Export signs three MOUs to support the Caribbean’s export growth

    Jamaica Observer: At the recently held 4th staging of the Cariforum-European Union (EU) Business Forum in Frankfurt, Germany; three memorandum of understandings (MOUs) were signed between the Caribbean Export Development Agency and key stakeholders in Europe. Read more

    Trinidad Tourism Ltd: Tourism sector set to grow in 2020

    LoopTT: For the new fiscal year 2019/2020, Tourism Trinidad Limited’s (TTL) is aiming to increase visitor arrivals to 380,000, a 7 percent increase on the previous year’s figures. Read more

    TSTT raises over $2.7 b on US roadshow

    Trinidad & Tobago Guardian: A US$400 mil­lion 10-year bond of­fered by the Telecom­mu­ni­ca­tions Ser­vices of Trinidad and To­ba­go (TSTT) has been “sig­nif­i­cant­ly over-sub­scribed” the T&T Guardian has learned. Read more

    Facilitation of business improving in Barbados

    Barbados Today: Following recent rounds of Social Partnership talks, the private sector says it is pleased with progress being made by Government to address the vexing issue of business facilitation. Read more

    OECS/ITC workshop proving a success

    Antigua Observer: Stakeholders involved in the ongoing regional business excellence seminar have voiced their pleasure with the developments, noting in particular, the shared business experiences and solutions. Read more

    Mastercard Enters Jamaica, Targets Unbanked

    Jamaica Gleaner: It’s been roughly a month since technology company Mastercard settled into its new office space in New Kingston, but discussions are already ongoing to have the company doubling users of electronic payment systems across Jamaica over the next three years. Read more

    Former Diplomat Cites ‘Corruption Of EDF Resources In Saint Lucia’ In Open Letter

    St Lucia Times: See full letter to the editor. Read more

    Business, Consumer Confidence in Jamaica Dips In Third Quarter

    Jamaica Gleaner: Business confidence dipped in the third quarter of 2019 as firms have second thoughts about their positive expectations for the economy over the next year. Read more

    Jamaica Lobbies US On Correspondent Banking Relationships

    Caribnews NY: Jamaica will continue to lobby the United States to take the lead in legitimizing licensed cannabis growers and processors in the correspondent banking relationships with US banks, Industry, Commerce, Agriculture, and Fisheries, Minister Audley Shaw, has said. Read more

    Caribbean countries looking to take advantage of ACP-EU accord

    Jamaica Observer: As the 79-member African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries negotiate a post-2020 relationship with the European Union (EU), culture is being presented as an untapped sector that can contribute to the further development of the region. Read more

    INTERNATIONAL NEWS

    China’s developing country status brings it few benefits in the WTO

    East Asia Forum: Whether China is a ‘developing’ or ‘developed’ country for the purposes of the World Trade Organization (WTO) matters a lot to US President Donald Trump. Trump ignited a new front in the US–China trade war in July 2019 by tweeting that the world’s richest nations are masquerading as developing countries to get special treatment. Read more

    UK’s independent seat at WTO to include Channel Islands

    Gov.uk: The UK has today (Thursday 17 October) notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) that it will extend its WTO membership to include the Channel Islands. Read more

    Growing the Fiji Australia trade

    FBCNews: “For a small open economy like Fiji, our government agencies and policies aim to be pro-enterprise and pro-innovation. We are committed to working with our businesses to achieve these outcomes.” These were the remarks by the Minister for Industry, Trade and Tourism Premila Kumar, while speaking at the 25th Australia-Fiji Business Council Forum in Brisbane last week. Read more

    RCEP explained: The 16-country free-trade agreement that India may sign

    The News Minute: While countries have been negotiating since 2013, India has also been facing opposition from multiple domestic industries. Read more

    What’s Really in the Trade Deal Trump Announced With China

    New York Times: The partial trade deal hasn’t been signed and some details still have to be negotiated, but it could help some American firms. Read more

    South Africa gets behind China’s defence of multilateral trade

    South China Morning Post: Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi says the two countries should work together to oppose protectionism. Read more

    Russia Steps Up Its Game in Africa

    Moscow Times: The inaugural Russia-Africa summit shows Putin’s growing influence on the continent. Read more

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  • Caribbean Trade & Development Digest – September 15-October 5, 2019

    Caribbean Trade & Development Digest – September 15-October 5, 2019

    Welcome to the Caribbean Trade & Development News Digest for the weeks of September 15-October 5, 2019! We are happy to bring you the major trade and development headlines and analysis from across the Caribbean Region and the world from the past weeks.

    HIGHLIGHTS

    The India-CARICOM Leaders’ Summit was held on the sidelines of the 74th session of the UN General Assembly. Read more about the meeting here.

    The WTO has cut its global trade growth forecast again. World merchandise trade volumes are now expected to rise by only 1.2% in 2019, substantially slower than the 2.6% growth forecast in April. Read the full outlook here.

    In the latest installment of the 15 year Boeing-Airbus saga between the US and the EU, a WTO arbitrator on October 2 authorised the US to impose tariffs up to $7.5 billion worth of European exports annually in retaliation for illegal government aid to Airbus. Read the full ruling here.

    With just three weeks to go before the UK is officially due to leave the EU, the UK PM Boris Johnson has made a new Brexit proposal regarding the Ireland-Northern Ireland border issue. Read the proposal here.

    REGIONAL NEWS

    India, CARICOM agree to create task force for trade, diversification

    LoopTT: The meeting concluded with a decision to create a joint India/CARICOM task force which will develop and implement concrete plans to further advance trade and facilitate diversification in the region. Read more

    No change

    Barbados Today: The UK’s Department for International Trade (DIT) in Bridgetown Barbados hosted a trade and investment reception to stimulate increased business opportunities between the UK and Caribbean markets. Read more

    Antigua and Barbados to continue talks over sale of LIAT’s shares

    Barbados Today: The Government of Antigua and Barbuda said that it intends to keep discussions going with Barbados with a view over the sale of the latter’s shares in the regional airline, LIAT, despite reports from other regional media houses that negotiations between both countries has fallen through. Read more

    Caribbean governments urged to take a collective approach to marijuana

    LoopSLU: St Vincent and the Grenadines Minister of Agriculture, Saboto Caesar is calling for Caricom and the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) to take a collective approach to the development of standards governing the negotiation of cannabis trade agreements for their member states. Read more

    CARICOM Sugar stakeholder engagement meeting held in Belize

    Breaking Belize News: Minister of Investment, Trade and Commerce, Tracy Panton, Minister of Agriculture, Godwin Hulse and the CARICOM Secretariat hosted sugar stakeholders from across the Caribbean Community at the Best Western Plus Biltmore Plaza in Belize City on October 2nd, 2019. Read more

    CARICOM and Central America make common cause on fish

    Breaking Belize News: The fishing communities of the Caribbean and Central America are meeting this week in Belize City to seek joint action on facing the problems affecting both. Read more

    Holness Reiterates Call For Concessionary Financing For CARICOM

    The Gleaner: Jamaica yesterday reiterated a call for concessionary financing for Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries, saying that the present policy was severely hampering the socio-economic growth of the 15-member regional grouping. Read more

    Local Chamber of Commerce members meet with Indian High Commissioner

    Antigua Observer: On Monday 16th September 2019, a delegation of the local Chamber of Commerce held high-level discussions with the newly-appointed Indian High Commissioner to CARICOM, Dr. K.J. Srinivasa and his second in command, Mr. R.K. Perindia, on their first official visit since the High Commissioner’s recent posting. Read more

    INTERNATIONAL NEWS

    UK response to WTO ruling on Airbus

    UK.gov: The UK is confident that it has fully complied with WTO rulings in the Airbus dispute. Read more

    WTO members engage in exploratory talks on market access for environmental services

    WTO: WTO services negotiators debated market access issues relating to environmental services based on a new communication tabled by Australia, Canada, Mexico, New Zealand and Switzerland at an informal meeting of the Council for Trade in Services in Special Session held on 30 September 2019. Read more

    Brexit: We can do a deal if EU is willing – Johnson

    BBC: Boris Johnson has claimed his Brexit proposals have picked up support in Parliament as he urged the European Union to compromise. Read more

    EAEU signs free trade agreement with Singapore under Armenian chairmanship

    Emerging Europe: The Eurasian Economic Union (EAEU), the Russian-led economic alliance of Armenia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, has signed a free trade agreement with Singapore during the annual summit of the Supreme Eurasian Council, the organisation’s executive body in Yerevan, the Armenian press has reported. Read more

    High-level meeting in Peru takes aim at illegal wildlife trade

    CGTN: The jaguar, the largest cat in the Americas, is the emblem of a new initiative to combat the illegal trade in the continent’s wild animals. The iconic but threatened predator has a key role in the ecosystem but also tremendous cultural significance for the peoples of the Americas. Read more

    Nigeria, South Africa Seal 32 Trade Pacts

    AllAfrica: Nigeria and South Africa, yesterday, signed 32 bilateral agreements and memoranda of understanding covering trade and industry, science and technology, defence, agriculture and energy, thus expanding Africa’s deepest trade relationship. Read more

    WTO in ‘critical situation’, EU warns

    Euractiv: EU member states discussed on Tuesday (1 October) how to address the “critical situation” of the World Trade Organisation, as the US continues to block the renovation of its appellate body, key for the functioning of the institution. Read more

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  • Caribbean Trade & Development News Digest – July 28-August 10, 2019

    Caribbean Trade & Development News Digest – July 28-August 10, 2019

    Welcome to the Caribbean Trade & Development News Digest for the weeks of July 28-August 10, 2019! We are happy to bring you the major trade and development headlines and analysis from across the Caribbean Region and the world from the past week.

    HIGHLIGHTS

    The World Trade Organization released its World Trade Statistical Review 2019 which provides a detailed analysis of global trade developments for the review period. Access the report here.

    The Caribbean Court of Justice upheld the classification decision of the CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED)’s on cement imported and distributed by the Barbados-based Rock Hard Cement Ltd.

    REGIONAL NEWS

    CARICOM and the African Union discuss working together, formalising relationship

    CARICOM: Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and Deputy Chair of the African Union Commission (AUC), His Excellency Kwesi Quartey discussed the need for continued ACP solidarity in the negotiations for the Post-Coutonou Agreement with the European Union (EU). Read more

    Caribbean Court upholds trade ministerial decision on cement classification

    Demerara Waves: The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Tuesday delivered a judgement which upholds the classification decision of the CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on cement, known as Rock Hard Cement, imported and/or distributed within CARICOM by Rock Hard Cement (Rock Hard Distributors Limited) and, Mootilal Ramhit and Sons Contracting Limited. Read more

    Exports of essential oils from the Caribbean to Europe increasing

    South Florida Caribbean News: It is becoming increasingly common to find natural cosmetic products in large retail stores, perfume stores and supermarkets. Read more

    Government of Jamaica allocate $15 million to farmers affected by the ongoing drought

    Caribbean News Now: The ministry of industry, commerce, agriculture, and fisheries, through the Rural Agricultural Development Authority (RADA), is spending $15 million to assist farmers affected by the ongoing drought. Read more

    Addressing Genetically Modified Foods: A Rising Food Security Concern for the Region

    SRC: Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) are one of the most controversial areas of science. While their use in certain fields like medicine is accepted, when it comes to their use in food and agriculture, ethical and moral questions loom. Read more

    Barbados ‘vulnerable’ to food fraud

    Nation News: Despite having “pretty strong” food safety and security measures, Barbados is still vulnerable to food fraud, says Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) representative Ena Harvey. Read more

    Kenya to open trade links with Jamaica

    The Star: The Kenya National Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Jamaica Chamber of Commerce and Industry have expressed interest in deepening trade ties. Read more

    How did the Bahamas revitalise its sponge industry?

    IDB: A small community of about 900 people in Little harbour, in Mangrove Cay in The Bahamas, used to be home to a key driver of local economic growth–sponging. Little Harbour, which runs along a 1.5 million national marine park that is one of the Caribbean’s largest protected areas, is adjacent to the world’s third-largest barrier reef. Read more

    Uhuru seeks Caribbean support in Kenya’s bid for UN Security Council seat

    Capital FM: President Uhuru Kenyatta has urged the Caribbean community to support Kenya’s bid for the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) non-permanent seat for the period 2021 to 2022. Read more

    Uhuru invites Barbadian business community to invest in Kenya

    Capital FM: President Uhuru Kenyatta has invited Barbadian investors to set shop in Kenya saying his administration has created an enabling environment for both foreign and local businesses to thrive. Read more

    INTERNATIONAL NEWS

    US-Africa trade talks end in Abidjan, highlight AfCFTA

    North Africa Post: Talks between African and US officials to review the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) free-trade deal ended Thursday in Côte d’Ivoire with no major deal. Read more

    Japan expands trade and investments in Africa

    Fresh Plaza: In connection with the Tokyo International Conference on African Development, Japanese cumulative FDI in Africa increased from $3.9bn in 2007 to $10bn in 2016. Read more

    How new Trade Information Portal plans to plug Africa’s data and finance gap

    GTR: The African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) is building an online repository of information products for importers and exporters looking to access African markets or expand existing operations across the continent. Read more

    Two third of market access negotiations in RCEP over; 16-nation FTA talks to resume in September

    Business Today: The intersessional ministerial meeting among 16 countries to negotiate a mega free trade agreement – Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) – concluded last week with a call to maintain the momentum in the run up to the closure of negotiations by the end of the year. Read more

    RCEP negotiations: India lists out demands before China for market access

    Business Line: Playing hardball with China in the on-going negotiations for the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) pact, India has read it out a big list of demands for market access in both goods and services, including larger exports of drugs, sugar, rice, dairy, soybean, IT and other services. Read more

    RCEP talks: New Zealand ready to ease work-visa rules for India

    Business Line: New Zealand wants to have greater market access for its dairy products, apples, kiwis and wine into India as part of the ongoing Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) pact being negotiated by 16 countries, said the country’s special envoy for Commonwealth Trade Integration Jeremy Clarke-Watson. Read more

    ACP calls for unity as negotiations continue with Europe

    Jamaica Observer: Secretary General of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group Dr Patrick I Gomes says the 79-member grouping must continue to show unity and be strong if it wants a successful outcome to the negotiations for a new agreement to replace the Cotonou Agreement that expires in 2020. Read more

    ACP Secretariat recommends actions for the UK government to facilitate physical market access of ACP Service providers to the UK market

    ACP: The ACP Group of States was recently invited to give evidence before the House of Commons International Trade Select Committee to speak about the movement of natural persons in the delivery of temporary services (Mode 4 of services supply). Read more

    Container ports: the fastest, the busiest, and the best connected

    UNCTAD: Known as the “humble heroes” of globalization, containers are handled in hundreds of millions at container ports worldwide annually. Efficient and well-connected container ports enabled by frequent and regular shipping services are key to minimizing trade costs, including transport costs, linking supply chains and supporting international trade. Read more

    There’s another trade war brewing over oil and milk

    Economic Times: While the world focuses on the ongoing trade war between China and the U.S., another spat has been brewing between commodity giant Indonesia and the European Union. Read more

    Western Australia’s huge reliance on China leaves it particularly vulnerable in a trade war

    ABC (Australia): The West Australian Government has been left walking a fine line in navigating the state’s economic reliance on China in the midst of a trade war and rising security tensions between the superpower and the United States. Read more

    Qatar prevails over UAE in trade dispute at WTO

    MENAFM: The State of Qatar announced yesterday that its permanent mission to the World Trade Organization (WTO) has received a formal communication indicating that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had withdrawn its WTO dispute concerning certain alleged measures adopted by Qatar. Read more

    As Trump Scales Back, Asian Heavyweights Prep for World’s Biggest Trade Pact

    VoA: The world’s biggest free trade pact may be just months from final signatures after talks this month appeared to bring the trade group’s 16 members closer to agreement. Read more

    Biden: I would ‘renegotiate’ Pacific trade deal

    The Hill: Former Vice President Joe Biden said Wednesday night he would “renegotiate” the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), not seek to rejoin it as it was previously written. Read more

    US Open to Further Talks as Trade War With China Escalates

    VoA: The White House is signaling it is not seeking to further escalate the trade war with Beijing, after the administration of President Donald Trump took the mostly symbolic action of declaring China a currency manipulator. Read more

    Trump has ‘huge appetite’ for free trade deal with UK – Raab

    Sky News: The foreign secretary sounds upbeat about UK-US trade after meeting President Trump at the White House. Read more

    Nicaragua Confirms Agreement With South Korea

    Q Costa Rica: Nicaragua is the first Central American country to establish a date of entry into force of the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) with South Korea, which is agreed for October 1, 2019. Read more

    Free trade agreement between Singapore and Britain in the works: Vivian Balakrishnan

    CNA: Singapore says it has an understanding with the United States that the city-state does not take advantage of privileges that come with “developing country” status in the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Read more

    US aware Singapore doesn’t take advantage of developing-country status: Chan Chun Sing

    The Strait Times: Singapore says it has an understanding with the United States that the city-state does not take advantage of privileges that come with “developing country” status in the World Trade Organisation (WTO). Read more

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  • Caribbean Trade & Development News Digest – July 21 – July 27, 2019

    Caribbean Trade & Development News Digest – July 21 – July 27, 2019

    Welcome to the Caribbean Trade & Development News Digest for the week of July 21-27, 2019! We are happy to bring you the major trade and development headlines and analysis from across the Caribbean Region and the world from the past week.

    Please note that there will be no digest for the week of July 28-August 3, 2019.

    HIGHLIGHTS

    The WTO General Council met on July 23-24, 2019. The summary of the meeting may be viewed here. The US resubmitted its proposals on reforming the current model of eligibility for special and differential treatment, while a consortium of developing countries tabled a paper on strengthening the WTO.

    US President Trump issued a memorandum to the USTR to secure reform of developing country status in the WTO. Have a read of my article on this here.

    It was announced this week that Prime Minister of Barbados, the Hon. Mia Amor Mottley will be the speaker at UNCTAD’s 16th Raul Prebisch Lecture to be held September 10, 2019 in Geneva, Switzerland.

    REGIONAL NEWS

    June 2020 Target For Wto Is ‘Aspirational’

    Tribune 242: Elsworth Johnson, newly-appointed minister of financial services, trade and industry and Immigration, told Tribune Business he had been advised even the World Trade Organisation (WTO) itself felt the accession timeline set by The Bahamas was “extremely rigid”. Read more

    Guyanese manufacturers say Plantation white sugar unacceptable; reject call for 40% tax on refined sugar

    Demerara Waves: The Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association Limited (GMSA) on Monday rejected calls by a Belizean producer of Plantation white, or mill white, sugar to impose a Caribbean-wide 40 percent tax on extra-regionally refined sugar, saying that Plantation white sugar will result in poor quality products and in some cases injury to consumers. Read more

    CARICOM Secretariat Team carries out CSME Sensitisation in Jamaica

    CARICOM: A CARICOM Secretariat team is in Jamaica this week collaborating with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade (MFAFT) on a series of CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) engagements with the private and public sectors, labour and other stakeholders. Read more

    Forex, FDI, trade in ‘freefall’

    Barbados Today: Caribbean capacity to generate foreign exchange, investment and exports appears be to freefall, a senior official of the United Nations regional economic watchdog has suggested. Read more

    Surinamese business delegation to visit Russia – Lavrov

    TASS: Russia and Suriname will prepare a visit of a delegation of Surinamese businessmen and government officials to Russia, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Saturday after talks with Foreign Minister of Suriname Yldiz Deborah Pollack-Beighle. Read more

    INTERNATIONAL NEWS

    UK on course for no-deal Brexit as Johnson rejects EU agreement

    The Guardian: Boris Johnson has set the UK on an apparent course towards a no-deal Brexit by playing down the likelihood of any talks with the EU unless Brussels agrees to scrap the existing withdrawal agreement and Irish backstop, both of which it has ruled out. Read more

    Assuming EU will not budge, Britain ramps up preparations for no-deal Brexit

    Reuters: The British government is working on the assumption that the European Union will not renegotiate its Brexit deal and is ramping up preparations to leave the bloc on Oct. 31 without an agreement, senior ministers said on Sunday. Read more

    Johnson ready to talk if EU changes position on Brexit deal

    RTE: British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has told EU leaders he will sit down for Brexit talks when they indicate that they are ready to shift position, otherwise Britain will prepare for leaving without an agreement, his spokeswoman has said. Read more

    Fed Survey Finds Widespread Concerns Over Trade

    Jamaica Gleaner: The United States Federal Reserve’s latest nationwide survey, released on Wednesday, reveals that despite growing worries about the impact of President Donald Trump’s trade battles, the overall economy remained solid. Read more

    India’s proposal for Wto reforms supported by a large majority of countries

    Livemint: A large majority of countries on Wednesday endorsed a joint proposal by India, South Africa, and seven other countries for reforming the World Trade Organization, in the face of existential threats to the survival of multilateral trading system, say trade envoys. Read more

    Canada and Europe make deal to work around blocked World Trade Organization

    CBC Canada: Canada and the European Union have agreed on a plan to set up a substitute appeals body for trade disputes between them, they announced Thursday. Read more

    ICC welcomes EU and Canada’s decision to arbitrate WTO trade disputes

    ICC: The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) welcomes the European Union (EU) and Canada’s announcement to utilize international arbitration panels to resolve trade disputes under World Trade Organization (WTO) rules. Read more

    Africa must boost industrial capacity to benefit from free-trade zone: AfDB

    Reuters: African nations will need to boost output of goods and services and integrate payment systems if they are to take advantage of a new $3.4 trillion economic initiative, according to the head of the African Development Bank. Read more

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