Friday, Aug 31, 2007

#93. Honouring a legacy - part one

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Dr. Lawson Nurse, the head of the Barbados Private Sector Trade Team, who died in January 2006, was one of the earliest contributors to Caribbean TradeBeat . In memory of his outstanding contribution to trade policy, we present highlights of the inaugural Lawson Nurse Memorial Lecture, delivered by Ambassador Trevor Clarke, Barbados's representative to the World Trade Organisation, as he begins a review of the state of play on the Doha Development Round. TradeSpeak gets more special and differential treatment. Part one of four.

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Friday, Aug 24, 2007

#92. Food safety meets science - Part three

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As Caribbean trade negotiators seek to make the region’s private sector more familiar with changing rules of global trade, Malcolm Spence, the CRNM’s senior coordinator for Science, Technology and Intellectual Property explains how traders dealing in food, fisheries and farm products can help the Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures (SPS) protect consumers while contributing to a level playing field for global trade. TradeSpeak indicates Enquiry Points for SPS information. Final part of three.

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Friday, Aug 17, 2007

#91. Food safety meets science - Part two

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Malcolm Spence, the CRNM's senior coordinator for Science, Technology and Intellectual Property we hear how regional trade negotiators and the World Trade Organisation are working towards a Caribbean contribution on the science and practice of sanitary and phytosanitary measures (SPS). TradeSpeak explains the notion of equivalence in the WTO Agreement on SPS measures. Part two of three.

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Friday, Aug 10, 2007

#90. Food safety meets science - Part one

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A three-part series begins on what are known as Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures - or SPS - and what these mean for traders, trade negotiators and the consumer. We ask Malcolm Spence, the CRNM's senior coordinator for Science, Technology and Intellectual Property, what’s being done to ensure food health and safety while preventing some developed countries and their firms from blinding with science just to protect local producers from Caribbean and other developing countries’ exports? TradeSpeak explains the WTO Agreement on SPS measures. Part one of three.

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Friday, Aug 03, 2007

#89. In partnership with Canada

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Highlights from the July summit of Canada and the Caribbean Community, as Caricom's chairman, Prime Minister Owen Arthur of Barbados hosted his fellow leaders and the new Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper as Caricom and Canada trade in old trading relationships for a new economic partnership. We also hear from the CRNM's Ambassador Richard Bernal - on why the new agreement will be about more than just free trade... TradeSpeak explains what's in an economic partnership agreement or EPA .

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