Report of the expert group meeting on the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Pertnership Agreement
On 15 October 2008, the European Union (EU) and the CARIFORUM Group of Countries – the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Dominican Republic – assembled in Barbados to commemorate the beginning of a new chapter in their economic relationship by signing the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agr...
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ECLAC, Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean
2015
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| Accès en ligne: | http://hdl.handle.net/11362/38697 |
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| Résumé: | On 15 October 2008, the European Union (EU) and the CARIFORUM Group of
Countries – the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Dominican Republic – assembled in
Barbados to commemorate the beginning of a new chapter in their economic relationship by
signing the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) after four and a half
years of negotiation. In signing the Agreement, a joint declaration was also issued calling for a
comprehensive, five-yearly review of the Agreement in order to determine its impact, including
the costs and consequences of its implementation.
During negotiations between the parties to the Agreement, the Economic Commission for
Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean
undertook several studies directed at examining the implications of the EPA for the region as
well as informing the process for the preparation of an implementation plan for CARIFORUM.
The possible gender implications were also considered in collaboration with the United Nations
Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM). |
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