From Stabroek News, 28/04/08
On April 17, 2008 Martinique mourned the loss of its favourite son; the Caribbean lost one of its greatest poets, playwrights, essayists and politicians; and the world was left the poorer for the passing of Aimé Fernand Césaire…
Read In the Diaspora: the passing of Aime Cesaire by Linden Lewis
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The basic development problem of the ACP Group of Countries…is inadequate, uncompetitive and undiversified productive capacity. Yet the present Agreement that the European Community (EC) has designed for them, that purports to be an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), is almost entirely about market access and other trade-related modalities…
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The Anti-Development Dimension of the EPA
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Let’s not build in the EPA in the graveyard of regionalism 08/09/08
Caribbean Integration and ‘Global Europe’: Implications of the EPA for the CSME19/08/08
The EPA: A Critical Evaluation PowerPoint Presentation 27/04/08
Lessons of the EPA PowerPoint Presentation 20/06/08
Caricom’s Development Vision and the EPA: The Fork in the Road PowerPoint Presentation 2/07/08
Implications of the Cariforum-EC EPA [...]
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Originally published as a series of articles on the EPA in the Stabroek News.
This paper offers from a CARICOM perspective a strategic appraisal of the CARIFORUM-EC, EPA, recognised as the first “full and comprehensive” EPA among the six being negotiated by the EU among the ACP group of countries. The EPA is both a legal [...]
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The EPA sets up an elaborate institutional machinery for implementation, monitoring and review. At the apex is a Joint Council with power to take legally binding decisions. The Joint Council is supported by a Trade and Development Committee, which has wide-ranging powers and functions. The Special Committe on Trade Facilitation and Customs Cooperation is also important. There are also a joint [...]
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Revised version (23/03/08) of a memorandum originally submitted to the Caricom Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on 27 February 2008. Also published in Trade Negotiations Insights, 7,3 (April 2008), pp. 8-11
Renegotiate the EPA
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One of the curious features of the EPA is the definition of ‘Parties’ to the Agreement and the way the definition is used. …The definition is important not only to determining rights and obligations under the Agreement but also has a bearing on when CARIFORUM is represented by a single joint representative on the implementation Committees [...]
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Article 19 of the Cariforum-EC EPA commits Cariforum to grant Europe the same treatment it grants to any ‘major trading economy’ in subsequent free trade agreements; defined as a country or group of countries that accounts for more than 1 percent or 1.5 percent respectively of world merchandise exports. It is believed that the ‘Interim’ [...]
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A true partnership in trade could radically transform the lives of one-third of all people living in poverty, providing farmers and small businesses with sustainable incomes and workers with decent jobs. But Europe is choosing power politics over partnership. The deals currently on the table will strip ACP countries of important policy tools they need [...]
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