Reports

CARICOM's trade relations with the Western hemisphere have undergone significant changes over the last decade.  During this period CARICOM's trade with its hemispheric partners noticeably increased as a percentage of its trade with the world as a whole.
In 1996 Heads of Government of CARICOM agreed to give priority to negotiating free trade agreements with selected countries in Latin America and the wider/greater Caribbean .
CARICOM bilateral trade accords include_

The CARICOM Fresh and Processed Market Opportunity Study was conducted during March and April 2009. The methodology used included desk research on production and trade databases, review of recent fresh and processed produce industry studies and field visits and interviews. The quality and reliability of the available production and trade data posed some limitations on the analysis. However, all attempts were made to validate the existing data and to ensure that the conclusions arrived at were in line with observed industry trends.

Parliamentarians from across the Caribbean met in Jamaica November 9-10, 2011 for a Regional Consultation of Parliamentarians on Preventing Gender-based Violence under the theme “Building Political Will to End Gender-Based Violence.” The objectives of the meeting were to increase awareness of gender based violence and violence against women among parliamentarians and to build political will among them to take actions to end this violation of human rights.

This is the caricom implementation plan for the ‘regional framework for achieving development resilien t to climate change’ (the regional framework) which defines the region’s strategic approach for coping with climate change. CARICOM countries have considerable cause for concern a as the threats posed by a changing climate to their development prospects are severe and both mitigation and adaptation will require a significant and sustained investment of resources that the member states will be unable to provide on their own .

The purpose of this study is to analyse the Caribbean regional integration process, to help identify options for moving it forward. This in turn will help to inform future strategic engagement by different stakeholders with a view to facilitating and assisting in the development of the regional integration agenda...