Caribbean Report 27-01-1994

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dc.contributorOrr, Carol (anchor)en
dc.contributorThe University of the West Indies
dc.contributor.authorThompson, Pat (interviewee)en
dc.contributor.authorAli, Asgar (interviewee)en
dc.contributor.authorGordon, Orin (correspondent)en
dc.contributor.authorMeade, Reuben (interviewee)en
dc.contributor.authorRansome, Debbie (correspondent)en
dc.contributor.authorJessop, David (interviewee)en
dc.contributor.authorPryce, Michael (correspondent)en
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporation
dc.date.accessioned2013-07-18T21:08:40Z
dc.date.available2013-07-18T21:08:40Z
dc.date.issued1994-01-27en
dc.description.abstractThis report looks at the reactions to the conference in Georgetown Guyana; Monsterrat's implementation of a common external tariff; Caribbean rum producers and their lobbying for an increase in import quotas; a Jamaican born businessman pledges to support the classic Saint Ledger race; and Barbadian horse trainer Michael Stoute shows form in a game of cricket.en
dc.description.tableofcontentsHeadlines (00:00-00:29)en
dc.description.tableofcontentsDay one of the two day conference of the Caribbean Group for Cooperation and Economic Development in Guyana, opened to mixed reactions. By the end of the conference, Guyana is hoping for pledges of aid. Meanwhile, different interest groups protest at the opening of the conference. Correspondent Orin Gordon reports and interviews Pat thompson, Executive Director of the Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce and Asgar Ali, Guyana's Finance minister are featured (00:29-04:14)en
dc.description.tableofcontentsMontserrat has become the 12th CARICOM country to implement the common external tarrif. The chief minister comments on why the country is only now implementing the tariff when the CARICOM Heads had agreed to submit by January 1991 (4:15-5:54)en
dc.description.tableofcontentsCaribbean rum producers are hoping to lobby for an increase in the quota levels for European rum importers and the eventual removal of all quota limitations on rum imports from 1996. The reports discusses what would happen to Caribbean rum quotas if the quotas are not lifted. David Jessop talks about the issue.en
dc.description.tableofcontentsMichael Pryce takes a look at the arguments presented in a report which makes a case for better access to the European market for Caribbean rum. (08:57-11:10)en
dc.description.tableofcontentsA Jamaican born businessman in London Geoffrey Addison, the Chairman of Teleconnections UK will inject half millions pounds in the classic Saint Ledger race. Addison talks about his success as a businessman (11:10-14:03)en
dc.description.tableofcontentsBarbadian born Michael Stoute showed his form playing for the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Cricket Club 14:04-14:44)en
dc.description.tableofcontentsTheme music (14:45-15:00)en
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 bit
dc.format.extent15 min.en
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3
dc.identifierCAR1459en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/16144
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherThe British Broadcasting Corporation
dc.relation.ispartofThe BBC Caribbean Archives Collection 1988 - 2011
dc.rightsCopyright British Broadcasting Corporation
dc.rights.accessRightsAccess to this collection is available on site at the Main Library, Mona Campus (main.library@uwimona.edu.jm), Jamaica and The Alma Jordan Library (wimail@sta.uwi.edu), St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.
dc.subjectCongresses and conventions -- Guyanaen
dc.subjectTariffs -- Monsterraten
dc.subjectEconomic assistance -- Guyanaen
dc.subjectRum -- Caribbean areaen
dc.subjectTariff on rumen
dc.subjectForeign trade regulationen
dc.titleCaribbean Report 27-01-1994en
dc.typeRecording, oral

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