Tuesday, Aug 26, 2008

#2008-03. A new 'sweetener' for Caribbean sugar's future

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FOR BROADCAST: Wednesday, August 27. In the third programme of a new CRNM series, Caribbean TradeBeat EXTRA, we examine the likely impact of the new economic partnership agreement between the Caribbean and the European Union on the region's key export industries. Does the EPA offer the region a sweeter deal for moving from an historic primary product - raw sugar - to a Caribbean-branded, value-added future? One of the region's sugar industry leaders, Ambassador Deryck Heaven, executive chairman of the Sugar Authority of Jamaica, reveals how four years of negotiating and private sector input have reaped rewards, as an old accord gives way to a new business venture. Produced and presented by Julius Gittens

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