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SEMINAR-WORKSHOP
THE
GREATER CARIBBEAN IN TRADE NEGOTIATIONS

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Welcome
and Opening
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Remarks
by the Chairman of the ACS Special Committee on Trade Development
H.E. Carlos Isidro Echeverría, Ambassador of the Republic
of Costa Rica in Trinidad and Tobago
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Remarks
by the Minister of Trade and Industry of Trinidad and Tobago
Honourable Kenneth Valley
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Evolution of Special and Differential Treatment and Small Economies
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II.
Treatment of the asymmetries in the current negotiation process
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The future of SDT in the FTAA framework, mechanisms for its effective
implementation
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IV.
Regional Co-operation Fund in the Greater Caribbean. Structure
and mechanisms to effectively provide the assistance required
by the countries of the Greater Caribbean
Comments
Compton
Bourne, President of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)
Michael Baptiste, Senior Operations
Specialist for the Trinidad and Tobago Office of the Inter-American
Development Bank (IDB)
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V.
Trade Liberalisation and Economic Development: a strategy for
the Greater Caribbean. Interactive session in working groups
PRESENTATION OF THE CONCLUSIONS OF THE
WORKING GROUPS
- The
future of special and differential treatment: implications
and strategy for the Greater Caribbean
- Regional
Co-operation Fund in the area of Trade: mechanisms for its
implementation
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Instruments for analysing competitiveness and the importance of
the international insertion of the Greater Caribbean
- Computerised
Instrument for analysing competitiveness: Introduction to
the use of MAGIC
and CAN
Esteban Pérez, ECLAC Sub-regional Headquarters for
the Caribbean, Port of Spain
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