The revelations by witnesses at the Commission of Enquiry into CL Financial and the Hindu Credit Union are not only utterly disgusting, frightening and highly shameful, but more instructive to Trinbagonians, they expose the corporate gangs, gang leaders and members operating in an environment not dissimilar to those in the Trinbago criminal underworld…
Fresh revelations about the operations in the Eastern Caribbean of, the CLICO affiliate, British American Insurance Company, underline the extent of reckless corporate behaviour, the cost to taxpayers of failure to adequately regulate the financial sector, and the dangers of continued delays in completing the CSME.
Why was the CL Financial debacle, allowed to happen? The answer seems to take us to the heart of governance in small countries, where a single large firm can wield enormous economic and political influence…
A series of, twelve excellent articles on the collapse, of the CL conglomerate, the intervention of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago and the issues raised.
Postscript Govt left empty-handed in CL Financial bail-out: all of CLICO’s assets committed 7/04/09
$315M Rescue: TT Govt digs deeper to bail out CL companies in the Caribbean 21/04/09
Time to take control of CL Financial William Lucie-Smith 20/05/09
A Call For Order Afra Raymond 15 September 2012
Full article (includes links to stuff on the CLICO debacle)
The Ideological Crisis of Western Capitalism Joseph E. Stiglitz
The IMF Rules the World Michael Hudson
How Free Trade Agreements, Bilateral Investment Treaties and the WTO can hamper measures for recovery from the global financrisis Third World Network
IMF Crisis Loans: No Change in Conditionalities, Third World Network
Declaration of the XI International Conference on Globalization on the Global Financial Crisis
Versión en español Version franí§aise
The Caribbean, the Developing World and the Global Crisis Don Robotham
Afra Raymond’s Blog on the CL Financial/CLICO Debacle
Clico’s Massive OECS Financial Deficit BBC Caribbean
Lessons of the CLICO debacle Norman Girvan
Jamaica, the Third World and the Global Crisis Don Robotham
Caribbean Impact and CDB Response P. Desmond Brunton, CDB
Implications for the Caribbean and Policy Response Trevor Alleyne, IMF
CDB Seminar on Global Financial Crisis and the Caribbean Papers & Report
South Centre Calls for Revamping of Global Financial Architecture
Time for a new Bretton Woods South Centre
Statement on the G20 Summit on the Crisis Transnational Institute Working Group
Double Standards in the West’s Crisis Policies Martin Khor
The Economics of Hypocrisy Ha-Joon Chang
The U.S.Troubled Assets Relief Programme Clive Thomas
PERSPECTIVES
Crisis Reveals Growing Finance Gaps For Developing Countries World Bank
The Deepening Global Financial Crisis and its Impact on Developing Countries Third World Resurgence
5 Disastrous Decisions That Got Us into This Economic Mess Joseph Stiglitz
Bailouts Dwarf Spending on Poverty and Climate Crises
United Nations Panel: Presentations by Joseph Stiglitz and other experts
The Global Financial Crisis IDEAs Network
Pluralist Economics Review (November 2008) James K Galbraith, Ha-Joon Chang, Jeffey Sachs & others
Radical Perspectives on the Crisis
The Great Financialization Kari Polanyi Levitt
Global finance in crisis Jacques Sapir
Nouriel Roubini’s Global EconoMonitor
How is a credit crunch different from a financial crisis? Clive Thomas
At the epicentre of the crisis–a bursting bubble Clive Thomas
Wall Sreet, R.I.P. -End of an Era Creswell & White nytimes.com
Capitalism in convulsion John Plender ft.com
End of American Capitalism as we knew it, Willem Buiter ft.com
Modern history’s greatest regulatory failure Roger Altman ft.com
NEOLIBERALISM AND THE CRISIS
Financial Regime Change? Robert Wade
Comment on Wade Norman Girvan
Financial Crisis and Neoliberal Paradigm Sir Courtney Blackman
How should the crisis affect Economcs? Real World Economic Review
Crisis forces rethink of neoliberal model–Robert Wade
Financial Collapse, Systemic Crisis? Samir Amin
Collapse of an ideology Yash Tandon
Death of the Globalization Consensus Dani Rodrik
The Stake Through Neoliberalism’s Heart? Alexander Cockburn
The Pyramid Falls and Exposes Neo-Liberal Free Market Dotishness Lester Henry
WTO, GATS, EPAS AND THE CRISIS
FTAs, EPAs, and the dangers of investment liberalization, Myriam Vander Stichele
WTO’s Radical Financial Service Deregulation Requirements Must Be Addressed
Financial Crisis and GATS Negotiations Martin Khor
Lessons for the EPA Negotiations Joy Kategekwa (.3, South Centre Bull. # 25)
IMPACT ON THE GLOBAL SOUTH AND THE CARIBBEAN
Global Fallout–Another Third World Debt Crisis? Eric Toussaint
Lessons for the South South Centre
Crisis marks out a new geopolitical order Phillip Stephens
The Caribbean is heading for a severe economic contraction David Jessop
From Sub-Prime to Sublime Disaster: Implications for the Caribbean Maurice Odle
World Financial Crisis will hurt the Caribbean Sir Ronald Sanders
The Crisis Facing the American Empire: Four-Part Video Series Chalmers Johnson
CLICO AFFAIR
The CL Financial/CLICO debacle: big companies should not run small countries Norman Girvan
Why was the CL Financial debacle allowed to happen? The answer seems to take us to the heart of governance In, small countries, where, a single large firm can wield enormous political and economic influence, to the detriment of the public good.
Caricom Heads agree to collabarate on CL Financial problem Paras. 1-4 of Statement on Global Crisis appended to Communique
Owen Arthur Flays Heads over CLICO Meltdown Stabroek News
Establish a Caribbean-wide Financial Services Regulator Sir Ronald Sanders
G20 Summit did nothing for the Caribbean Sir Ronald Sanders
‘Caribbean leaders should tell the G20 countries attending the Summit of the Americas that the G20 Summit gave them no cause for hope and no message of relief for their peoples. They should refuse to be at the margins of history.’
The best thing to come out of the G20 Summit?
The Reality Behind the Hype of the G20 Summit Martin Khor
Rather than $1.1 trillion, the new commitments are estimated to be below $100 billion and most of those were already in train without the G20 summit.
A Development-blind G20 Outcome That Empowers An Unreformed IMF Bhumika Muchhala
‘With no consensus on a coordinated fiscal stimulus plan or regulation of cross-border financial flows, the only agreement on immediate action was to boost the resources of the international financial institutions whose decision-making has been controlled by the US and European countries since their creation’.
Caricom’s governance challenge NationNews
Haiti signs EPA DR1.com
Trinidad and Tobago: Governing, Opposition Parties ‘Imploding’ Selwyn Ryan
Lessons from Guyana and St Vincent Selwyn Ryan
Haiti’s Preval to chair CARICOM in 2010
Jamaica tops EU beneficiaries EU delegate
Cuba’s Human Development Achievements Highlighted
Honduran Dictatorship Is A Threat To Democracy In The Hemisphere Mark Weisbrot
The Cry For Jobs and Justice in Puerto Rico Yarimar Bonilla
The ALBA Summit 16-17 October Norman Girvan
ALBA and G20–Two Visions of the World Robert Buddan
The Caribbean and Latin America at the Rendezvous of History Melanie Newton
Haitian Popular Organizations Call For Pro-Women, Pro-Peasant Policies On World Food Soverignty Day
‘Columbus Day’? The Pre-Columbian African Presence in the New World Legrand H Clegg II
Jamaica’s Deep Crisis Robert Buddan
West Indies Cricket: Back From the Brink Ian McDonald
‘Swimming together’ to reach CSME? Rickey Singh
Slow progress on CSME bothers Patterson
Guyana’s Brightening Economic Prospects and Political Uncertainties Sir Ronald Sanders
Queen Elizabeth Dismisses U.K. Government–Norman’s Dream
Unjust Ramphal bashing on ‘ethnic cleansing’ talk Rickey Singh
Caricom’s lack of clarity on global crisis
Proposed change to PetroCaribe pact has Caribbean worried
EU-SADC EPA: Moment of Truth for Regional Integration
West African Churches Warn Against EPAS
$8 billion suit against Antigua: a case that hits home David Jessop
Regional private sector concerened about slow pace of CSME implementation
EPA Controversy Rages in Africa Updates from Manchester Trade
The Honduras coup is the Caribbean’s business Andaiye, Norman Girvan and Alissa Trotz
Caricom: swim together or swim separately Andy Johnson
Caricom needs an action agenda
Caricom’s lack of coordination Andy Johnson
Regional migration debate dominates Caricom summit Andy Johnson
Caricom’s glaring weakness: after the 30th Summit Rickey Singh
A deepening consensus on Caricom: Golding’s call for a Permanent Commission of Caricom Represenatives Jamaica Gleaner Editorial
Whither the Caribbean Community? Dr Marshall Hall
A critical review of the results of the Caricom Summit Alissa Trotz
Ambassador Gail Mathurin to head new Caricom Office of Trade Negotiations
Jagdeo: Caricom leaders recommit to free movement
Caricom ‘caught in a downward spiral of separateness‘ Sir Shridath Ramphal
Caricom Needs an Executive Mechanism P.J. Patterson
Caribbean Unity at a Crossroads Alissa Trotz
Golding calls for permanent implementation authority for Caricom
Immigration row heats up Summit launch
Patterson: collapse not an option
Caricom’s Make or Break Summit Rickey Singh
Caricom leaders must move the Region forward or pay the price Sir Ronald Sanders
Are our neighbours our colonies? Reggie Dumas
Drugs and Democracy Norman Girvan
Making Caricom Less ‘At Risk Sir Ronald Sanders
Caricom: Hang Together or Hang Separately Douglas Orane
Small Countries Must Put Their Houses in Order Yash TandonBelize: Controversy Over Use of Chinese Immigrant Labour
From CRNM to OTN CRNM Press Release
Ambassador Gail Mathurin to head new Caricom Office of Trade Negotiations
Where’s Caricom’s Energy Policy? Jamaica Gleaner
PM Manning’s Speech: The Unravelling of Logic Jamaica Gleaner
Instead of Insulting Caricom, Prime Minister Thompson Jamaica Observer
Barbados ‘profiling’ Guyanese nationals–Clive Thomas
Strange Ways of Two Leaders Rickey Singh
Is Caricom at Risk? Norman Girvan
Icebergs In The Way of Integration Barbados NationNews
Jamaica’s domestic and external interests Robert Buddan
Format Change for Caricom Summit Rickey Singh
Caricom’s Coming Crucial Debates Rickey Singh
Global Crisis Blowing Caricom Off Course–Orane
Cariforum Discusses Funding Press Release 15/06/09
West Africa Holds Out for EPA Limited to Trade in Goods and Development Cooperation
EPA Signing Threatens Southern Africa Customs Union
Africa right to hold out for a better EPA Sir Ronald Sanders
Africa and the Economic Crisis: The Case for Greater Flexibility in the EPAs Emily Jones
Haiti still refusing to sign the EPA Port-au-Prince, 27 May 2009 (Radio Metropole)
The Haitian Platform for Alternative Development (PAPDA) has welcomed the ” courageous position ” of the Haitian government in refusing to sign the Cariforum-EC EPA.
Is Guyana being punished for its opposition to the EPA?
Caricom-Canada FTA: What’s the hurry? Norman Girvan
How Free Trade Agreements Can Hamper Measures for Recovery from the Global Economic Crisis Third World Network
Schengen Visa exemptions: first class and second class Caricom citizens? Norman Girvan
Ecuador’s President rejects FTA with Europe
ACP Declaration on Bananas 28 May 2009
BANANA ALERT Joyce van Genderen-Naar
Caricom statement on EU banana proposals
PetroCaribe: A model of cooperation – Golding
Caricom ‘stronger than ever’–Jagdeo
Can Caricom stand the pressure? BBC Caribbean
Jagdeo and Golding on Caricom’s Future Rickey Singh
Caricom: Hang Together of Hang Separately Douglas Orane
‘Stop It Or Else’- Jamaican Minister Warns Caricom, Trading Partners
Caricom: Backward Ever, Forward Never Raffique Shah
Barbados getting bad reputation in Caricom–Opposition Leader
Those Threats to Free Trade Rickey Singh
Jamaican PM laments barriers to free movement of Caribbean nationals
Namibia: No Penalty for Not Signing the EPA, says EU
Jamaica Gets Budgetary Assistance from the EU
A Trade War Over Patties? Anthony Wilson
CARICOM: killing Jamaica softly Claude Clarke
Caribean Diplomacy and Victory for Cuba Robert Budhan
The ECOWAS EPA: A, ‘Funeral Oration’ to Regional Integration?
Africa and the Economic Crisis: The Case for Greater Flexibility in the EPAs Emily Jones
Caricom: Are Things Falling Apart? Rickey Singh
ACP Ministers call on EU to ensure consultations over sugar
Let’s get on with the EPA, says Golding
A Critical View of Prime Minister Thompson’s ‘Amnesty’ Annalee Davis
T&T, OECS Move Closer to Political, Economic Union
Caricom sets up another Task Force on the crisis
Guyana’s opposition to EPA leads to loss of 6 million Euros
Jagdeo, calls for freeze on EPA in light of global crisis
Ecuador’s President rejects FTA with Europe
What the PM Must Tell Caricom Jamaica Gleaner
Caricom’s Pilgramage Stabroek News
CARCIOM: Lost Within a Wider Caribbean Community? Sir Ronald Sanders
Guyanese in Barbados say Work Permit renewals, being delayed
Caricom concern over EU proposal on bananas
ACP Countries Seek Sweeter Sugar Deal
Gonsalves: Stop Mistreating Caribbean Immigrants Rickey Singh
St Vincent PM lashes out at Barbados’s new immigration policies
The Big Three and Little Caricom in the Caribbean Sir Ronald Sanders
Gill Walks Out of CRNM–Unhappy with diminished authority
CRNM DG Gill Resigns CRNM Press Release
Golding: ‘Tighten Regional Bonds in Response to Crisis’
South Africa, Angola, Reject EPA; Namibia Urged to Follow
Jamaican Prime Minister Calls for Clarity on Aid For Trade Initiative
Caribbean Crisis: No Time to Spare Sir Ronald Sanders
Regional Business Leaders Gather to Tackle EPA Implementation
Is Anybody Noticing What’s Happening With, The CRNM?
CRNM losing autonomy – Trade-negotiating body to be absorbed by CARICOM Secretariat
Development dimension talks needed before free trade negotiations with Canada–Jagdeo
Time to care again for CARICOM Sir Ronald Sanders
EPA: The Next Step BBC Caribean
RNM to Expire BBC Caribbean
Jagdeo Leads Caricom in Talks With Obama Mark Ramotar
St Vincent and the Grenadines becomes seventh ALBA Member
Castro at the Summit: the Elephant Not In The Room
World Bank publishes new study of Caribbean trade and integration
Caricom-US market access under CBERA extended to 2014
Caricom-Canada FTA: A Premature Trade Decision Anthony Gomes
Castro: Unseen Guest at the Vth Summit
‘Liquidity support for region should top Trinidad agenda’ – Jamaica public forum
ACP-EU Parliamentary Assembly calls for flexibility, review of Cariforum EPA
Caricom committed to ‘early negotiations’ with Canada; CRNM to report to Carciom Secretariat
Concern over CARICOM trade pact with Canada
Is negotiating an FTA with Canada a Caricom priority at this time? Norman Girvan
Some Caricom leaders ‘window shopping’ on CSME: Jagdeo
OECS should establish joint Regulator Sir Ronald Sanders
Caricom leaders ‘failed to come up with clear plan’, to confront global crisis. BBC Caribbean
Caricom committed to ‘early negotiations’ with Canada; CRNM to report to Carciom Secretariat
DR Foreign Minister calls on Caricom to implement EPA, wants CRNM in coordinating role
Caricom marking time? Rickey Singh
East African Trade Unions Press for ‘Goods Only’EPAs
‘Tax haven’ jurisdictions: sitting ducks and scapegoats Sir Ronald Sanders
Caricom leaders set to discuss global crisis
Owen Arthur Flays Heads Over CLICO Meltdown
Small States in Stormy Weather-Owen Arthur
MEPs recommend approval of Cariforum EPA, with conditions European Parliament
First class and second class Caricom citizens? Norman Girvan
Caricom Secretariat Sets Up EPA Implementation Unit
Coordinated Regional Response Now Urgent Jamaica Observer
South Centre Cautions African Countries When Approaching EPAs
‘EPA Accord With EU Will Stifle Nigeria’s growth’
EU-ACP Parliamentarians to discuss EPAs in Guyana later this month
Right wing Euro MPs accused of ganging up on world’s poorest countries
Girvan calls for regulation following CLICO failure
Single-minded about the single market? BBC Caribbean
Deglobalisation and the EPA David Jessop
Stocktaking in Caricom Rickey Singh
Caricom’s Threatening Disunity Rickey Singh
On dealing with the European Union now Stabroek News
Coming to the Rescue of Haiti Barbados Nation
EU déjí vu in the Caribbean John McManus
Caribbean Wish List for Obama Administration Norman Girvan
Guyana Opposition Party Chairman Resigns Over EPA Disagreement
A crucial Caricom meeting Rickey Singh
Blame Game Ricky Jordan
Regional academics call for re-shuffling of Caricom’s quasi Cabinet
European shadow dims Canada-Caribbean Trade Talks Sir Ronald Sanders
CPDC to Monitor Caricom-Canada Trade Negotiations and EPA Implementation
Caricom’s governance conflicts Rickey Singh
JAMAICA: GCT hike proposed to offset EPA tax loss
GUYANA: Jagdeo says negotiating mechanism flawed
The ‘unpayable debt’ to Cuba Rickey Singh
Overcoming Smallness–Key to Improving the Lot of Caribbean People Sir Ronald Sanders
Caricom and Party Politics ’08 Rickey Singh
La deuda es impagable Stabroek News
Caricom in the Declaration of Bahia: First Latin America and Caribbean Summit Rickey Singh
Caribbean lessons from 2008 Ronald Sanders
Caricom passport–a joke Ronald Sanders
Wanted: poltical will for CSME success Rickey Singh
EU gives 16 developing countries duty-free access with GSP+
DR broadside smacks of arrogance
Statement by Dominican Republic on EPA Implementation
DR triggers EPA enactment debate
Towards the African Template for EPA Negotiations–ECA
Draft Opinion of EU Parliament Development Committee on Cariforum EPA
EPAs trample on WTO commodities deal–South Centre
Dominican Republic wants EPA implementation agency
Dominican Republic tipping scale against Caricom? Rickey Singh
Caricom-Canada Trade Ageement ‘Sideswiped’ by EPA
Caricom: EU aid not enough for EPA
Storm Clouds Over Caribbean Financial Services Sir Ronald Sanders
Recovering from ‘EPA hangover’–Caricom prepares for FT talks with Canada
A scorching rebuke Rickey Singh
Caribbean unity–an idea whose time has come Robert Buddan
New EU trade deals divide Africa
Bilateral negotiations with the EU bury Andean Community
The View from the Rear-View Mirror Havelock Brewster
If America can elect a Black President, why can’t Caricom nations agree to pool their sovereignty? Norman Girvan
Stop Europe’s damaging trade deals! War on Want
EPA and Singapore Issues Balraj Kistow
Eastern and Southern Africa to form Single Free Trade Area and coordinate EPA negotiations
Contentious issues in IEPAS: implications for the agricultural sector
Pacific states warned on EU deal
The EPA Exposed New blog by Barbados Association of Non-Governmental Associations
How Caricom can use the mandatory review in the Joint Declaration to address the EPA’s contentious features Norman Girvan
‘Going bananas’—BC Pires Interview with Carl Greenidge, CRNM
‘The review process is very important to me’ – new EC Trade Commissioner
Commonwealth Foundation report on Food and Energy Crisis asks for suspension of the EPA negotiations
African Trade Unions Oppose EPAs
African Free Trade Zone Agreed
Oxfam accuse l’UE d’avoir trahi ses promesses
EPA signed, now let’s implement it
Fundamental philosophical divide over EPA David Jessop
Chronology of Events–Government of Guyana
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| “EPAs must be development friendly,” say socialists. Euro MP David Martin, who will draft the European Parliament recommendation to accept or reject the deal, warned that “it is crucially important for these agreements to promote the development and regional integration” |
15/10/2008 – “EPAs must be development friendly,” say socialists.
An EU agreement with Caribbean countries signed in Barbados Wednesday 15 October faces rejection by the European Parliament if it fails to promote development.
Trade’s Trade-offs: An Analysis Council on Hemispheric Affairs
Caribbean Trade Pact Signed Amid Uncertain Future
Finally: A Deal With Europe – The Economist
Guyana’s EPA role ‘vindicated’
Leaders face more hurdles after signing Rickey Singh
Joint Declaration on signing of the EPA by Cariforum and the EC
EPA an opportunity for economic survival–Golding
How Guyana brought out the bully in Mandelson Matthew Carr
Scepticism and confusion background to EPA signing
Guyana a no-show at EPA signing
We Won`t Give Up The Fight! Haiti Support Group
The Economic Partnership Agreement is a Dangerous Neo-Liberal Project and is not in the Interest of the Peoples of the Caribbean Assembly of the Caribbean People
Guyana, under threats, to sign EPA
A Declaratory Amendment to the EPA paves the way for Guyana to sign Havelock Brewster
Now warnings on the MFN Clause Rickey Singh
EPA signing–triumph for compromise?
Governing the EPA David Jessop
Jagdeo optimistic–EC considering proposed clauses for inclusion in EPA
Guyana resisting Caricom pressure to sign EPA
EPA: Guyana to ask for review clause
To Sign or Not to Sign? The Caribbean Dilemma
ACP Irrelevant: Caricom at Risk Sir Ronald Sanders
EPAs Can Spread Conditions of Finance Crisis to Developing Countries
EPA Rumblings Stabroek News
Commonwealth Civil Society for Suspension of EPAs
Jagdeo tells ACP of ‘anti-development’ nature of EPA
The EPA: technicality subverts democratic discourses Clive Thomas
Watch it, Mr Golding! – ‘Begging Bowl’ blast against Caricom leaders Rickey Singh
Accra Declaration: ACP to Engage EU on EPAs
Havelock Brewster from Accra–Postpone EPA Signing?
Catherine Ashton Replaces Peter Mandelson as EC Trade Commissioner
Europe’s Ploys to Secure EPA Signing Coming to Light Sir Ronald Sanders
EPA Negotiations Dividing ACP – Secretary General
President of Ghana Urges Second Look at EPAs
Aide Memoire – Guyana’s position on the EPA
Letter from President Jagdeo to the President of the European Commission 30/09/08
FITUG in full support of Guyana’s EPA position
Evaluating the Impact of EPAs on African Regional Integration – ECA
Developing states seeks elusive unity over EU trade David Lewis
EPAs symbolise denial of Africa’s policy choice
Less Than Half of EU Aid Tackles Poverty Europafrica.org
Ghana: EPA Not Good For Us, Farmers Tell ACP Delegates 30/09/08
Ghana: do not sign away our future – farmers 29/09/08
Tanzania: Trade Activists Caution on EPA 29/09/08
Haiti: The Struggle Continues Haiti Support Group 29/09/08
ACP states and Guyana’s EPA stand Phil Pascal 28/09/08
Experts positive EPA vital for SKN, Caribbean future 27/09/08
ITUC calls on EU to root EPAs in development 27/09/08
Jagdeo reiterates EPA concerns at UN General Assembly 25/09/08
‘Doubt’ ‘hope’ on Guyana’s stand 23/09/08
Caricom, Venzuela show solidarity with Haiti 24/09/08
Haiti: cancel the debt–use payments for flood relief Haiti Support Group
Haiti Debt Cancellation: No Reason For Further Delays CEPR 12/07
Hurricane relief for Haiti and Cuba: defining a response Alissa Trotz 22/09/08
Costlty delays, but pragmatism prevails on the EPA Jamaica Observer 23/09/08
EPA Implementation David Jessop 21/09/08
CRNM Update: Alternatives to Signing the EPA? 19/09/08
Legal Opinion: ‘Goods Only’ EPA consistent with WTO Rules Sir Ronald Sanders 18/09/08
Tanzania–EPAs: we need fair trade, not free trade 18/09/08
Antigua: Opposition ALP slams UPP approach to EPA 18/09/08 ALP Press Release
Guyana: Opposition PNC’s position on the EPA 15/09/08
St Lucian gov’t explains reasons to sign on to EPA 15/09/08
Caricom helps Europe divide and rule Dennis Pantin 14/09/08
Caricom’s challenge after divide over EPA Rickey Singh 14/09/08
St Kitts Opposition Leader says Heads failed region on EPA 12/09/08
Caricom Press Release on EPA signing 11/09/08
Caricom to sign EPA without Guyana 11/09/08
Caricom minus Guyana to sign EPA 11/09/08
Guyana stands alone on EU deal 11/09/08
Guyana holds out 11/09/08
Holdout 11/09/08
Regional leaders open special summit on EPA 10/09/08
David and Goliath battle Maureen Penjueli 11/09/08
It’s EPA Day! 10/09/08
Crucial EPA meting today 10/09/08
Looking before we leap into EPA ‘Lockdown’ Raffique Shah 10/09/08
These ironies of Caricom Rickey Singh 10/09/08
EC official doesn’t think Guyana can have goods-only EPA 10/09/08
Caribbean leaders should reject EU trade deal, says Christian Aid 10/09/08
Guyana president says EPA could destroy Caricom 09/09/08
Caribbean Conference of Churches supports Guyana proposal o9/09/08
‘EPA nightmare’ – Sir Shridath warns of possible threats to CSME, ACP solidarity 08/09/08
Let’s not build in the EPA in the graveyard of regionalism Norman Girvan 08/09/08
The Guyana stakeholders’ consensus offers a way out of the current EPA deadlock Norman Girvan 08/09/08
Caricom members should withhold unconditional signature of the EPA–Stephen Lande 08/09/08
Guyana proposal: A Positive Development–Havelock Brewster, Norman Girvan & Vaughan Lewis o6/09/08
Guyana could be isolated for its stance on the EPA–Sir Shridath 08/09/08
The Caribbean pulling in different directions Robert Buddan 07/09/08
EPA Summit: ACP may be deciding factor Rickey Singh 07/09/08
EPA signing: a high-stakes gamble David Jessop 07/09/08
Guyana wants ‘goods only’ from EPA Rickey Singh 07/09/08
Guyana: stakeholders ’roundly condemn’ EPA 05/09/08
Statment by Sir Shridath Ramphal at Guyana Consultation 05/09/08
EPA critics: where they’re going wrong Anthony Peter Gonzales 07/09/08
People within Caricom should be apprised of the EPA 06/09/08
Don’t let us sell ourselves short on the EPA 06/09/08
Dominican government to sign EPA amid concerns 06/09/08
Dominica: Civil Society groups call for renegotiation of EPA 04/09/08
Jamaica: EPA vote widens bitter divide 04/09/08
EPA ‘War’ intensifies in Caricom Raffique Shah 3/09/08
Bahamas: BARF registers ‘extreme disapproval’ of EPA signing 03/09/08
Jamaica: Civil Society organisations call on Gov’t not to sign off on EPA 03/08/08
Jamaica: EPA debate sparks Opposition walk-out of Parliament 03/09/08
Baugh says EPA has exit clause 02/09/08
EPA signing postponed; meeting on September 10 01/09/08
Trading human beings for cows Robert Buddan 31/08/08
Rich countries once used gunboats to seize food. Now they use trade deals George Monbiot 26/08/08
Look again at EU trade agreements Glenys Kinnock MEP 30/08/08
EC official: sign by October 31, or lose preferences 29/08/08
Antigua Labour Party calls for renegotiation of the EPA 29/08/08
Mutinty aboard CARIFORUM (Blog)
Trinidad recommits to EPA 27/08/08
Barbados urges decisive action on the EPA 27/07/08
Jamaica pushing for EPA 27/07/08
Jamaican Trade Unions want EPA signing delayed 27/07/08
Caribbean Conference of Churches calls for rethink of EPA 27/08/08
CRNM Head says EPA ‘the best deal on earth’ 26/08/8
Haitian Civil Society organisations petition Parliament for public review of the EPA
‘The prostitution is a thing we call development’- Derek Walcott 25/08/08
Caribbean-EU Pact Hit by Last Minute Revolt (IPS) 25/08/08
Jamaica: PNP calls special caucus to review EPA 25/08/08
Antigua: NMC calls on Prime Minister not to sign the EPA 22/08/08
St Lucia Civil Society groups want referendum on the EPA 24/08/08
Has Europe invoked imperial memory? Dennis Pantin 24/08/08
Individual excellence, failing nations and the EPA David Abdula 24/08/08
Third World Network wants gov’t to decline EPA pact 23/08/08
Bahamas–signing the EPA is in our best interest Oswald Brown 22/08/08
Jamaica Opposition party raises concerns about the EPA 24/08/08
Negotiating the EPA Harold Beckles, 24/08/08
Date for EPA signing still unclear 25/08/8
EPA ‘Merry Go Round‘ Rickey Singh 24/08/08
Fix Caricom–that’s the problem Sir Ronald Sanders 22/08/08
Caricom chairman hints at delay in EPA signing 22/08/08
CRNM Offical backs EPA 22/08/08
Barbados calls for urgent Caricom meeting on EPA 21/08/08
A One Year Delay Would Benefit the Region Stephen Lande 21/08/08
President Jagdeo briefs sugar workers, officials on EPA 21/08/08
Breaking the begging bowl Anthony Wilson, 21/08/08
T&T to sign EPA 21/08/08
EU denies EPA signing postponed 21/08/08
CPDC welcomes leaders’ EPA signing delay 20/08/08
Barbados signing on 20/08/08
Barbados proceeding with signing 20/08/08
EPA: how many on board? Rickey Singh 20/08/08
Joint Declaration on the Single Economy and Political Integration by Four Caricom States
St Lucia to delay EPA signing CMC 19/08/08
Kenya fears over EPA 17/08/08
SADC NGOs protest EPA 19/08/08
Opposition UNC in Trinidad and Tobago calls for full EPA review 18/08/08
Trinidad and Tobago government reviewing EPA 18/08/08
EPA: for whose benefit? Sir Ronald Sanders 17/08/08
T&T, Jamaica abandoning Caricom? Dennis Pantin 17/08/08
Non-tariff barriers in the EPA Clive Thomas 17/08/08
Cameroon’s EPA: a ‘monumental error’ 15/08/08
Law of Treaties and the EPA Kasala Kamara 13/08/08
Let them eat croissants! John Maxwell 10/08/08
BMA calls on gov’t to reconsider EPA 6/08/08
Caribbean getting a raw deal with EPA 7/08/08
EPA’s impact on Barbados will be tremendous 7/08/08
Region will sign agreement, despite reservations 7/08/08
Bad deal – they failed us 7/08/08
Caribbean ready to sign, but seeking options Peter Richards 10/08/08
EPA ‘on hold’ for Grenada Rickey Singh 10/08/08
Jamaican Trade Unions urge gov’t to postpone EPA signing 7/08/08
How the EPA can rule out the CSME Rickey Singh 6/8/08
The deal is good, so sign–British tells Carib of EPA 1/08/08
Call for Bahamas PM to address EPA 30/07/08
Sept 2 signing of the EPA now uncertain Rickey Singh 30/07/08
New date, new thinking on the EPA 29/07/08
Antigua PM embraces concerns about the EPA 28/07/08
Haitian Social Movements ask for Parliamentary audience on the EPA 28/07/08
EU ‘Rushing’ EPAs lest African states change their minds IPS 28/07/08
Jamaica’s Foreign Minister on EPA ‘Most Favoured Nation’ Clause Ken Baugh 27/7/08
Ramphal: It’s not too late for region to pull out of the EPA 25/07/08
Petition seeks revised EPA 24/07/08
Legal commentary-unfair trade practices and the EPA Roxanne Miller 24/07/08
Time for action on the EPA 24/07/08
Regional NGOs campaign for EPA renegotiation 22/07/08
Caribbean review of EPA deal? Sir Ronald Sanders 21/07/08
Caribbean leaders and the EPA 21/07/08
Who benefits from EPAs? Yash Tandon June 2008
Real and Hidden Costs of EPAs Liz Dodds June 2008
Chronology: CARIFORUM/EPA Agreement20/07/08
Evidence compelling Caribbean review of EU agreement–Sir Ronald Sanders 18/07/08
Guyana wants an EPA that can be championed 18/07/08
Facing the EPA challenge 18/07/08
‘A lethal blow’ – ACP Statement on EC proposal re bananas 17/07/08
Taubira Report and French Presidency reaction Trade Negotiations Insights, July-August 2008
BANGO petitioning for a better EPA deal 16/07/08
Paul Moss supports EPA online petition Nassau Guardian, 16/07/08
Seaga: little hope for CSME, EPA 16/07/08
Is the EPA a recipe for disaster? Edward Seaga 16/07/08
EU Parliamentarians demand greater flexibility in EPAs 14/07/08
Caricom call for UK support for EPA review 15/07/08
ACP Statement on Bananas 14/07/08
EPA–another failure in the making Edward Seaga. Sunday Gleaner, 13/07/08
Mendicancy revisited Robert Buddan. Sunday Gleaner, 13/07/08
Will Caricom check the French report? Rickey Singh, Sunday Chronicle, 13/07/08
How would opponents of the EPA have achieved what they wanted? Clinton Urling, Stabroek News, 13/07/08
Saga of deal with Europe Rickey Singh. Sunday Observer, 13/07/08
Guyana begins public talks on the EPA Radio Jamaica 11/07/08
What will President Jagdeo do if his consultations reveal dissatisfaction? Clinton Urling, Stabroek News, 11/07/08
Stop the EU taking the Caribbean for a ride Sir Ronald Sanders. BBC Caribbean, 10/07/08
French report condemns EPAs as anti-development IPS via Manchester Trade Ltd., 7/07/08
Nobel economist Stiglitz criticizes EPA Ghana Home Page, 8/07/08
‘Funds must be put on the table’ – Why Nigeria Refused to Sign EPA Leadership Nigeria 8/07/08
Urgent note on EPA Rickey Singh, Trinidad Express, 9/07/08
Let’s sign the EPA with or without President Jagdeo Jamaica Observer 9/07/08
The Jamaica Observer shows little concern for Caribbean integration Prem Misir. Guyana Chronicle, 11/07/08
Extract from Caricom Communique on EPA Signing postponed to 30 July or 30 August
Guyana holds out on trade deal with Europe IPS, 7/07/08
President Jagdeo’s speech at the opening the 29th Caricom Summit. 2/07/08
Changing political mood about trade liberalization among small states David Jessop. Stabroek News, 6/07/08
Hylton wants MFN clause in the EPA amended Jamaica Observer, 5/07/08
Caribbean leaders to review EPA BBC Caribbean, 4/07/08
Caricom seeks common position on the EPA Antigua Sun, 4/07/08
Caricom leaders to formulate position on EPA CANA News, 3/07/08
CCL recommendation on the EPA and its social and labour Dimensions. Stabroek News, 30/06/08
CARICOM INTEGRATION AND THE CSME
A lack of coherence Stabroek News, 24/07/08
Variable geometry in Caricom Stabroek News 11/07/08
A declaration that rings hollow Jamaica Gleaner, 9/07/08
Caricom’s latest conclusions Stabroek News, 8/07/08
Caribbean integration must be more ‘people-centred’-PNCR Stabroek News, 7/07/08
Keeping faith with Caricom Jamaica Observer, 7/07/08
Caribbean ‘lost’ 30 years–Lamming Barbados Nation, 5/07/08
What Caricom did next Debbie Ransome, BBC Caribbean, 5/07/08
Migrant issues delay implementation of the CSME Antigua Star 5/07/08
CSME 2015 target date for inauguration put off–Rickey Singh Trinidad Express, 4/07/08
Europe: accusations and discord mark power handover. Financial Times, 2/07/08
George Lamming on Caricom’s disconnect. BBC Caribbean 2/07/08
Prime Minister Golding’s speech at the opening of the 29th Caricom Summit. Jamaica Information Service, 2/07/08
Caricom: Regional Unity Losing Steam, Critics Say. Manchester Trade Ltd. 30/06/08
What future for Caricom? BBC Caribbean, (Updated)
Caricom: Reform Governance or Disintegrate Cana News, 30/06/08
EPA IN THE MEDIA UP TO JUNE 2008
Region to benefit from EPA Agreement Jamaica Information Service, 30/06/08
Caricom’s conflicting signals. Rickey Singh, Jamaica Observer, 29/06/08
Jamaica Must be First in Line to Take Advantage of EPA– Dr. Baugh Jamaica Information Service, 27/06/08
EPA: Caribbean still divided on treaty. BBC Caribbean, 27/06/08
ACP-EU TRADE Newsletter, June 2008
New trade minister, St Lucia’s position on EPA shifts? St Lucia Star, 26/06/08
PNP opposes EPA clause Jamaica Gleaner, 26/06/08
Barbados on the EPA Barbados Advocate, 26/06/08
Sinkler: EPA signing in July Barbados Nation News, 26/06/08
EPA under Cabinet’s eye Barbados Advocate 18/06/08
Some Interim EPAs may not be concluded IPS, 17/06/08
Private sector opportunties under the EPA.But President Jagdeo reiterates his opposition. Stabroek News, 3/06/08.
SINKLER: EPA BEST DEAL IN 30 YEARS Barbados Nation News, 2/06/8
BAHAMAS PROTESTORS SAY NO TO EPA Viraj Perpall, Bahama Journal (29/05/08)
Caribbean EPA no ease for European travel. David Jessop Jamaica Gleaner, (18/05/08)
‘Wrong Train’ Ian McDonald Stabroek News (/05/08)
Signing of EPA with Europe delayed. Rickey Singh Jamaica Observer (15/04/08)
EPAs under scathing attack in Africa Third World Network, (13/05/08)
Bernal defends EPA Jamaica Gleaner, (13/05/08
EPA to be signed in July Jamaica Gleaner (12/05/08)
Pacific trade ministers slam top EU trade official (18/04/08)
A disservice to the Caribbean (Jamaica Observer, 18/04/08)
” A disservice to the Caribbean, indeed“. Alissa Trotz, Stabroek News, (21/04/08)
Think twice about the EPA, says Marshall. Barbados Nation (23/04/08)
‘There is still room for negotiation on the EPA’ Prime Minister David Thompson of Barbados (15/04/08).
Scholars charged to speak real, non-diplomatic’ truth to power. Jamaica Observer, (29/03/08)
‘We will live to regret it’. Jamaica Observer, (30/03/08)
EPAs: A ‘partnership of equals’? ODI Working Paper, (March 2008)
EPA, don’t keep us in the dark Editorial, Trinidad Business Express, (19/03/08
Regional Experts unhappy with EPA ‘secret document’, Trinidad Business Express, (19/03/08).
Re-negotiate EPA: a very optimistic approach. Elaine Campbell, Jamaica Observer, (15/03/08)
Caricom Heads Communique on EPA (8/03/08)
The message is implementation-David Jessop. Stabroek News (16/03/08)
EPA signing delayed-Golding Radio Jamaica (9/o3/o8)
EPA is best trade pact for now’ – Bernal Jamaica Gleaner (26/02/08)
Comments on the Cariforum-EC EPA–Dr Lorand Bartels, Trade Lawyer. (13/02/08)
COTED decides on independent review of EPA. Stabroek News, (26/01/08)
‘Review Agreement before Signing’ – Anthony Hylton Jamaica Gleaner, (14/01/08)
EPA: The Opposition’s viewpoint. Jamaica Gleaner, (30/03/08)
Central American leaders oppose preconditions for EU talks bilalaterals.org, (13/03/08)
EPAs: Opportunities and Risks (IPS)
TRADE-AFRICA: “EPAs Are not About Partnership“ IPS, (25/02/08)
EPA: Boon or Burden? Selwyn Ryan, 24/02/08
Barbados has concerns over EPA with EU (Jamaica Gleaner, 22/02/08)
EPA Madness Anthony Wilson Trinidad Business Guardian, 21/02/08
EPA: Unifying or Divisive? Peter Richards, Trinidad Business Guardian (21/02/08)
Caribbean: Fissures Appear Over EU Trade Deal IPS, (21/02/08)
Crime, Cricket, Ties with the EU Rickey Singh, Jamaica Observer, (17/02/08)
Economic Partnership Agreement: Struggles on the periphery? Wesley Gibbings, Business Guardian, (14/02/08)
Grappling with EPA doubts Nation News (12/02/08)
AU Declaration on EPAs (11/02/08)
Caricom’s divide over the EPA Rickey Singh, Jamaica Observer, (10/02/08)
Response to Professor Clive Thomas Richard Bernal, Staboroek News, 10/02/08
Were you consulted on the EPA? Dennis Pantin Sunday Guardian 10/02/08
ANC MP accuses EU of ‘recolonising’ Africa bilaterals.org, (7/02/08)
A new Caricom-United States Trade Agreement Stabroek News, (6/02/08)
EU Stands to Increase Market Share in Africa with EPAs, Julio Godoy, IPS, 26/01/08
EU clamps down on Nigerian cocoa (bilaterals.org, 25/01/08)
Guyana and the Wider World Clive Thomas (Stabroek News, 20/01/08)
Report of the Cotonou Monitoring Group
EPA ‘A Good Deal’ – Prime Minister Golding (Jamaica Information Service, 1/02/08)
Golding Slams EPA Critics, Says They Suffer from Mendicancy Financial Gleaner, (1/02/08)
Well said, Mr. Golding’ Daily Gleaner, (4/02/08)
‘Caribbean Leaders at Loggerheads‘ Searchlight, St Vincent, (1/02/08)
African Union takes decision on EPAs (Afrol News 1/02/08)
Consultant chides private sector for EPA non-involvement (Nation News, Barbados, 30/01/08)
Government Intends to Review EPA Before Signing (Barbados Advocate)
COTED decides on independent review of the EPA Stabroek News, 26/01/08
EU Stands to Increase Market Share in Africa with EPAs - Julio Godoy. IPS, 26/01/08
Peter Mandelson’s Speech to the European Parliamentary Committee–EC, 28/01/02
‘Africa Stuck with EU Trade Deals‘ (IPS, 29/01/08)
‘A Partnership We Could Not Refuse’ Ian MacDonald, Staobroek News, 27/01/08
Africa to push for revision of trade deals with Europe (Business Daily Nairobi
Caribbean Citizens Call For Review of the EPA 20/01/08
Girvan: EPA threatens CSME. Ian Gooding. Trinidad Gaurdian, 18/01/08
EPA: No Escape from External Competition David Jessop, 13/01/08
The Caribbean lost in negotiations with Europe – Jagdeo Stabroek News, 6/01/08
EPA ‘A Basket to Carrry Water’ Anthony Gomes, Jamaica Observer, 23/011/07
