Haitian National Consultations - External Trade

OFFICE OF TRADE NEGOTIATIONS Press Release2nd Floor, PCJ Building 1st Floor, Speedbird House36 Trafalgar Road Independence SquareKingston 5, JAMAICA Bridgetown, BARBADOS OTN Press/News Releases are available on the OTN’s website at www.crnm.orgContact:Marsha Drakes, Tel: (246) 430-1678marsha.drakes@crnm.orgFor Immediate Release: No. 03/2011April 26, 2011 NATIONAL CONSULTATIONS ON CARICOM EXTERNAL TRADE TO BE HELD IN HAITIBRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS – The Haitian Bureau de Coordination et de Suivi des Accords dela CARICOM and the CARICOM Secretariat, including the Office of Trade Negotiations,the EPA Implementation Unit and the Office of the CARICOM-Haiti Mission, will hostnational consultations in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on 27-29 April 2011.This specific consultation will be focussed on CARICOM external trade agreements andnegotiations. Recognising that trade will be an important component in Haiti’s recovery anddevelopment planning, the consultations are considered to be an important step towardshelping Haiti to maximize its trade opportunities and to shape strategically its relationshipswith its global trade partners.It is anticipated that during the consultations, which will to be supported, inter alia, throughfinancial assistance from the 9th EDF, the participants will examine the issues which havebeen prioritised under the CARICOM external trade agenda.Emphasis will be placed on deepening awareness amongst Haitian private sectorstakeholders, non-state actors (NSAs) and public sector officials on the CARIFORUM-ECEconomic Partnership Agreement. The exercise will allow the participants to become more

familiar with the details of the Agreement. It will also provide an opportunity forparticipants to intensify the mapping of the export opportunities within the Europeanmarket, identify the challenges and concerns that will need to be resolved in order tomaximise those opportunities, as well as the various mechanisms under the Agreement, theimplementation of which would help facilitate trade with Europe.Additionally, the consultations will facilitate discussion on shaping the trading opportunitiesfor Haitian goods and services within the Canadian market within the context of thenegotiation of a CARICOM-Canada Trade and Development Agreement. The participantsare expected to use the opportunity to detail more fully their offensive and defensiveinterests in those negotiations.Haiti’s position within the multilateral trade context will also be considered. Withnegotiations under the Doha Development Agenda in a state of uncertainty, the participantswill discuss in some detail the implications of the state of play of the Doha Round,particularly with respect to the safeguarding of Haiti’s interests as a least developed country(LDC). ****

Haitian National Consultations - External Trade

by Office of Trade Negotiations (OTN), CARICOM Secretariat on Apr 26, 2011

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