News Archive

[9-December-2004]
CARANA Corporation to Implement USAID Business and Agriculture Recovery Project [More]

[2-December-2004]
Issues surrounding the CARICOM Single Market and Economy and the Free Trade Area of the Americas will be brought to the heart of busy Bridgetown.[More]

29-November-2004]
The United States has announced a $100 million hurricane recovery program to assist the nations of the Caribbean hit by the recent hurricanes in the region.[More]

[3-November-2004]
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states are benefiting from a project aimed at enhancing their statistical capacity in the area of trade in services and foreign direct investment.[More]

[20-October-2004]
Preparations for the public education program for the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) and the FTAA will continue this month with a “Champions of the CSME” workshop in Suriname.[More]

[14-October-2004]
Regional trade unionists to discuss the impact regional integration and external trade negotiations could have on the trade union sector.[More]

[23-September-2004]
USAID's C-TRADECOM assisting the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States to help hurricane-ravaged Grenada chart a course forward in the aftermath of Hurricane Ivan's destruction.[More]

[13-September-2004]
The Investment and Business climate in Dominica is expected to receive a boost with a new investment roadmap being charted by C-TRADECOM. [More]

[1-September-2004]
Four Eastern Caribbean governments are benefiting from a Internet project aimed at streamlining some of their services while attracting new regional and international investment. [More]

[26-August-2004]
Some regional customs officers are beginning to receive training manuals and compact discs on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy. [More]

[23-August-2004]
Regional immigration officers to benefit from training manuals on free movement as the CARICOM Single Market and Economy advances. [More]

[17-August-2004]
Bahamians offer views on the Free Trade Area of the Americas during recent C-TRADECOM-sponsored Town Hall meeting on the FTAA. [More]

[16-August-2004]
Barbados' Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Dame Billie Miller underscores the relevance of the new Masters in International Trade Program at the University of the West Indies. [More] [More]

[13-August-2004]
Regional trade unionists examine the challenges and opportunities facing Caribbean workers in the emerging global economy during a seminar on Globalization and Trade Liberalization for trade unionists. [More]

[27-July-2004]
Mr. Adolfo Franco, Assistant Administrator of the Latin America and Caribbean Bureau of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), reaffirms his agency's commitment to the region during a Press Conference as part of a visit to the Eastern Caribbean. [More]

[19-July-2004]
Papers from the recently-concluded World Trade Center
Miami and Caribbean-Central American Action conference, “Florida-Caribbean Collaborative Development Strategies: Positioning Caribbean Businesses to Compete in an FTAA Era,” in Bridgetown, Barbados are now available at http.//www.worldtrade.org/FC-Presentations.htm.

[12-July-2004]
CSME message taken to the streets of St. Georges, Grenada during CSME Educational Expo. [More]

[07-July-2004]
Rural sectors to be kept informed on trade issues during a series of public forums to be held in four CARICOM countries.[More]

[29-June-2004]
C-TRADECOM's Competitiveness Director Mr. Ronald Dubrisingh speaks on the theme "International Standards for Benchmarking - Strategies for Improving Competitiveness" at Florida/Caribbean Symposium at Sherbourne Conference Centre, Barbados. [More]

[17-June-2004]
Guyana's Private Sector to have an opportunity to learn of the FTAA process and its potential challenges and opportunities. [More]

[17-June-2004]
C-TRADECOM supports the Miami Trade Center/Caribbean-Central American Action's symposium “Florida Caribbean Collaborative Development Strategies: Positioning Caribbean Businesses to Compete in an FTAA Era.” [More]

[14-June-2004]
IT Specialist Stephen Williams writes of his experience at the 2nd Annual Jamaica Internet Forum which he attended thanks to C-TRADECOM.[More]

[09-June-2004]
Ms. Karen D. Turner, Mission Director USAID, Jamaica-Caribbean, speaks at the signing ceremony of the USAID-UWI Grant Agreement for the Master Program in International Trade Policy. [More]

[09-June-2004]
USAID Supports New UWI Masters Degree in International Trade which will be on Cave Hill's course list from next academic year.[More]

[07-June-2004]
Phase one of project to improve competitiveness of the OECS region completed.[More]

25-May-2004]
CSME Spokespersons trained during 'Champions of the CSME' workshops which were held across the region this month.[More]

[03-May-2004]
Caribbean youth briefed on external trade environment during workshop in Guyana.[More]

[27-Apr-2004]
Metrology project boosts the ability of OECS countries to develop standards for trade.[More]

[14-Apr-2004]
Antiguan Government minister challenges regional journalists to keep Caribbean people well-informed on external trade negotiations at start of CRNM/C-TRADECOM Regional Journalist Workshop.[More]

[2-Apr-2004]
C-TRADECOM team presents Investor Roadmap to new Antiguan Government. [More]

[29-Mar-2004]
Regional Journalists to Benefit from CRNM/C-TRADECOM Workshop on External Trade Issues.[More]

[25-Mar-2004]
Thirty-four graduate from University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus Trade Policy Course. [More]

[10-Mar-2004]
C-TRADECOM provides technical assistance to OECS Standards Units to enhance their metrology capabilities. [More]

[10-Mar-2004]
Caribbean products to be displayed in Texas in C-TRADECOM and Caribbean Export initiative. [More]

[19-Jan-2004]
C-TRADECOM supports the University of the West Indies, Cave Hill, the Organization of American States, and the Centre for Trade Policy and Law to Conduct a Certificate Program in International Trade Policy in the Eastern Caribbean. [More]

[16-Jan-2004]
Caribbean private sector leaders gathered in Grenada on January 16 to assess negotiations in the FTAA, the World Trade Organization (WTO) as well as implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). [More...], [Barbados Nation Newspaper 1]; [Barbados Nation Newspaper 2]; [Barbados Nation Newspaper 3]

[15-Jan-2004]
C-TRADECOM supports “Defining Product Acceptability and developing the Marketing Strategy for Small and Medium Sized Hotel Properties throughout the Caribbean, to improve their potential for success and profitability”. [More...]

[12-Jan-2004]
C-TRADECOM provides Technical Assistance to the Caribbean Regional Organization on Standards and Quality (CROSQ) and the Trinidad and Tobago Bureau of Standards (TTBS)
[More...]

[07-Nov-2003]
C-TRADECOM supports the CARICOM Single Market and Economy Unit to implement the free movement of people.

[28-Oct-2003]
C-TRADECOM supports the Caribbean Association of Customs Brokers’ Conference on "The New Customs Environment – Adapting and Meeting the Challenges", which will take place October 28–30, 2003 in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. [More...]

[28-Oct-2003]
C-TRADECOM supports the Food Hygiene Bureau Ltd.’s second International Conference on Food & Occupational Health & Safety (October 29–30, 2003, Kingston, Jamaica). [More...]

[27-Oct-2003]
C-TRADECOM supports Private Sector Preparation for the Free Trade Area of the Americas Ministerial in Miami on October 29–30, 2003. [More...]

[28-Sep-2003]
Caribbean Export Development Agency teams with C-TRADECOM to host a handcrafted jewelry workshop at the Caribbean Gift and Craft Show (September 25-28, 2003). [CEDA Press Release], [More...]

[28-Aug-2003]
Organization of American States teams with C-TRADECOM, the WTO and the UN Conference on Trade and Development to host a training course on investment for CARICOM public and private sector representatives in September.

[28-Aug-2003]
Caribbean and Latin American Action teams with C-TRADECOM to host the Financial Integration – One Regional Capital Market Conference in October. [More...]

[03-Aug-2003]
The Antigua and Barbuda Ministry of Planning, Trade, Industry, Commerce, and Public Service Affairs participated in a high-level diagnostic of the Antigua and Barbuda business environment with the objective of developing a business capacity building program. [More...]

[10-Jul-2003]
Caribbean Export Development Agency teamed with C-TRADECOM to host the participation of 19 Caribbean businesses at the Summer International Fancy Food and Confection Show. [CEDA Press Release], [More...]