by Andrea | Jul 31, 2010 | CSME, Recent Trends in Trade, small business financing, Trade and Development, US-Caribbean trade
On Tuesday, June 8th 2010, the government of Trinidad & Tobago stopped Jamaican artiste “Ding Dong” from entering the country to perform. He was deemed a ‘threat to society’. In March 2010, the highly anticipated performances in Barbados of Jamaican artistes...
by Andrea | Jun 29, 2010 | access to finance, small business financing, world financial crisis
The financial ministers and heads of state of the G-20 countries concluded their summit in Toronto on Sunday. The Declaration issued at the end of the summit said the leaders had agreed on the steps they would take to ensure job creation and growth, financial...
by Andrea | May 21, 2010 | small business financing, Trade and Development, World Trade Organization
Tivoli Gardens residents protest Relations between the United States and Jamaica have been quite tense lately. At the center of the storm is an extradition request from the United States to the Jamaican government for Christopher “Dudus” Coke, wanted for trial in...
by Andrea | Apr 25, 2010 | Haiti recovery, Recent Trends in Trade, small business financing, Trade and Development, World Trade Organization
It’s been some time since my last post. Of course, I haven’t been silent for lack of things to write about. Here is a snapshot of some of the issues that I’ve been following, all of which will be addressed in greater detail in subsequent posts: Having made the link...
by Andrea | Feb 23, 2010 | access to finance, small business financing, Trade and Development
The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) has initiated its annual Special 301 Review which is used to determine whether or not U.S. trading partners are providing adequate access for U.S. products protected by intellectual property law and aggressively...
by Andrea | Feb 5, 2010 | CSME, Recent Trends in Trade, small business financing, Trade and Development
Protestors and demonstrators, violent and non-violent, have become an inevitable part of the landscape surrounding major meetings of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other trade negotiating events, necessitating police action in some cases. Meanwhile, inside...
by Andrea | Jan 24, 2010 | Recent Trends in Trade, small business financing, Trade and Development
Trade preferences — the system by which developed countries give special or preferential access (such as zero tariffs) to their markets for products from developing countries – has been undergoing change and saw some milestones in 2009, with more change...
by Andrea | Jan 18, 2010 | small business financing, Trade and Development, World Trade Organization
The Enriquillo-Plantain Garden Fault which caused Tuesday’s (January 12, 2010) earthquake in Haiti runs through the Dominican Republic, to Haiti, and under the Caribbean Sea across to Jamaica. This same fault line has generated previous earthquakes, including...
by Andrea | Dec 28, 2009 | small business financing, Welcome
Beginning January 4, 2010, visit my blog every week for informative and solutions-oriented discourse about developments in trade issues that affect you: The Obama Administration trade agenda in 2010 and beyond The status quo of the WTO Doha Round of trade negotiations...
