The CRNM is encouraging the region's private sector to participate more fully in the current negotiations on an Economic Partnership Agreement, which will basically govern the trade between the most Caribbean States and the European Union. In this regard, the organization has prepared user friendly matrices which summarizes the positions in the EPA negotiations to date in the areas of market access in goods and services, trade facilitation, Investment and a broad area called trade related aspects (e.g., innovation, competition policy etc).
economic partnership agreement
Getting to Know the EPA is one of a series of guides produced by the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) on the subject of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA)
between African, Caribbean and Pacific States and Europe. This Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) guide is designed to clarify basic facts about the EPA.