NewsWhore
09-12-2008, 05:30 PM
Despite continued concerns that have threatened to derail the European Union/Cariforum European Partnership Agreement (EPA), the Dominican Republic and 12 other nations have decided to sign the agreement. In a Caribbean Heads of Government Summit held in Barbados, islanders decided on a 15 October signing date, but Foreign Relations Minister Carlos Morales said that that late date would hardly leave time for its programmed implementation on 31 October.
Guyana, a staunch opponent of the agreement, decided not to sign, along with Haiti. Guyana has decided to enter into a "trade in goods only" agreement with the EU, while Haiti may consider signing in the future. Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados (host of the special summit and expected venue for the formal signing), Suriname, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, St Kitts and Nevis, The Bahamas, Belize, as well as Grenada and St Lucia all agreed to sign the agreement.
For continued coverage of the EPA click here: www.dr1.com/trade (http://www.dr1.com/trade)
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Guyana, a staunch opponent of the agreement, decided not to sign, along with Haiti. Guyana has decided to enter into a "trade in goods only" agreement with the EU, while Haiti may consider signing in the future. Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados (host of the special summit and expected venue for the formal signing), Suriname, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Antigua and Barbuda, St Kitts and Nevis, The Bahamas, Belize, as well as Grenada and St Lucia all agreed to sign the agreement.
For continued coverage of the EPA click here: www.dr1.com/trade (http://www.dr1.com/trade)
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)