Trade Essays

International Standards for Benchmarking - Strategies for Improving Competitiveness
by Ronald Dubrisingh, CTRADECOM's Competitiveness Director
June 2004
Power Point format

A presentation to the World Trade Center/Caribbean-Central American Action's Florida-Caribbean Symposium at Sherbourne Conference Centre.

How the US Private Sector Approaches the FTAA Negotiations
by Linda Schmid, CTRADECOM's Trade Director
March 2004
Adobe PDF format, 19 KB

An address to the Insurance Association of the Caribbean's FTAA Stakeholders Working Summit in Barbados.

Smaller Economies in the Free Trade Areas of the Americas
by Andrea Ewart, Esq.
October 29, 2003
Adobe PDF format, 19 KB

At the Miami Summit of the Americas in December 1994, thirty-four countries of the Western Hemisphere committed themselves to begin construction of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA). These 34 countries included the most powerful economy in the world, the United States, along with some of the most susceptible - the small island economies of the Caribbean.

CARICOM Participation In Caribbean Basin Initiative: Lessons for FTAA
by Andrea Ewart, Esq.
October 29, 2003
Adobe PDF format, 35 KB

The Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) was envisioned as a program to facilitate the investment in and export diversification of the Caribbean Basin economies. This paper examines the impact of the program on the CARICOM member states of the CBI.