Caribbean TradeBeat

Caribbean TradeBeat - the radio magazine - from the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery - aims to make the business of Caribbean trade talks your business. Caribbean TradeBeat keeps you informed and involved, as the CRNM works in the region's main negotiating theatres – from bilateral agreements to the global trade accord governed by the World Trade Organisation, the current Doha round. Hear the voices of the region's business community on how they meet the successes - or challenges - of global free trade and find more on how businesses, large or small, can help forge trade deals for the benefit of the Caribbean private sector - from securing better market access to developing innovative, sunrise industries and services. Write to Caribbean TradeBeat at privatesector@crnm.org. Produced by the CRNM with support from the Multilateral Investment Fund of the Inter-American Development Bank. Presented by Julius Gittens.

Friday, Mar 30, 2007

#71. Information Please!

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Reliable and timely data is too often hard to come by when it comes to Caribbean trade, industry and commerce. As Caribbean traders are being called upon to get involved in trade negotiations they are being asked for business information, and some bristle at the notion of diverting scarce resources to data collection. Trade law expert Kathy-Ann Brown of the Commonwealth Secretariat analyses the issue. TradeSpeak defines terms of trade.

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Friday, Mar 23, 2007

#70. Food - One more helping of Caribbean cuisine (part three of three)

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The final programme of a three-part examination of Caribbean food. Robert Best and Larry Placide, co-authors of an important new study, bring fresh information on the region's agri-food distribution services, where the 'product' is the service of food, from fast-food chains to supermarkets. In TradeSpeak, the franchising in the food service business is explained.

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Friday, Mar 16, 2007

#69. Food - How are you being served? (part two)

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In part two of a three-part series, Caribbean TradeBeat examines the opportunities that exist in the business of serving food to Caribbean consumers and to food lovers worldwide. Robert Best and Larry Placide co-authors an important new study, say Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs) -- fast-food establishments -- are part of a fast-growing services trade in Caricom. In TradeSpeak , the three components of the agri-food business are explained.

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Friday, Mar 09, 2007

#68. Food, Glorious Caribbean Food!

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In the first of a three-part series, Caribbean TradeBeat examines the growing agri-food distribution industry. More service than product, it employs over 100,000 people and sells more than five billion US dollars from 17,000 stores. Little was known about this aspect of the Caribbean services trade... until now, when Robert Best and Larry Placide co-authored an important new study. In TradeSpeak, the difference between Quick Service Restaurants (QSRs) and Full Service Restaurants (FSRs) is explained.

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Friday, Mar 02, 2007

#67. Aid for trade (part two)

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An old hand at trade negotiations for the Eastern Caribbean States, Ambassador Edwin Laurent continues to talk about his research on the concept of "aid for trade" and the likely benefits for the business community in developing countries like those in the Caribbean. He explains how giving Caribbean exporters a leg-up through aid for trade is worth it. Part two of two. TradeSpeak compares comparative with absolute advantage....

Posted by Caribbean TradeBeat at 12:00 PM |