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SEMINAR-WORKSHOP

THE GREATER CARIBBEAN IN TRADE NEGOTIATIONS
Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, July 14 - 15, 2003

PRESENTATIONS AND DOCUMENTS

SEMINAR-WORKSHOP

THE GREATER CARIBBEAN IN TRADE NEGOTIATIONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome and Opening


I. Evolution of Special and Differential Treatment and Small Economies

II. Treatment of the asymmetries in the current negotiation process

III. The future of SDT in the FTAA framework, mechanisms for its effective implementation

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)


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

VI. 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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