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Trade and economic relations between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Canada date back to the early 18th century when the British northern Atlantic colonies exchanged fish, lumber and other staples for West Indian rum, molasses and spices.   Currently, trade and economic co-operation relations are covered under a number of instruments, namely, the 1979 Caricom-Canada Trade and Economic Co-operation Agreement  and its Protocols, including the CARICOM-Canada 1998 Protocol on Rum;CARIBCAN Agreement which is a non-reciprocal preferential trade agreement that grants unilateral duty free