Caribbean Report 11-11-1992
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1992-11-11
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:23)
2. Caribbean banana producers today, tried to convince the British Ministerial Committee of the need for continued preferential access for regional bananas to the British market. The Caribbean team led by the President of the Caribbean Banana Exporters Association, Dr. Marshall Hall, faced a thirty-five minutes session with the MPs who questioned the competitiveness of regional bananas and the argument against preferential access being replaced by direct aid. Elijah Marquis, President of the Windward Islands Banana Growers Association also represented the Caribbean banana interest (00:24-02:58)
3. The dollar banana representatives countered by questioning the efficiency of Caribbean producers and the argument for aid. Comments from Bernard O’Connor, European Community lawyer representing the Dole Company (02:59-04:24)
4. The meeting of the British Select Committee with the European delegation and Dr. Marshall Hall ended today, with the Caribbean delegate stressing the need for a decision to be taken before year end (04:25-05:20)
5. The distributors of Latin American bananas, Chiquita and Dole focused much of their presentation on the proposed licensing system. The two companies’ representatives described the license system as a possible base for both confusion and corruption. Comments from William Finey, President of Dole Europe Limited (05:21-05:58)
6. The final presentation came from British distributors of Caribbean bananas, Geest and Fyffes. Geest Chief Executive , David Sugden and his team was asked to justify their support for continued preferential access for Caribbean bananas. He was questioned by Jerry Wiggin, Chairman of the Select Committee (05:59-07:47)
7. In the afternoon, the Geest and Fyffes arguments to maintain preferential access were criticized by the British supermarket interest when they appeared before the Select Committee. After the session, Dole’s spokesman, William Finey declined to be interviewed by the BBC Caribbean Report (07:48-08:07)
8. Interview with Dr. Hall on the Caribbean’s response to the position put forward by the banana representatives (08:08-11:12)
9. Meanwhile the European Community’s Executive Commission has called for a new aid package for the Caribbean banana producers. This they say is in recognition of the fact that ACP nations will need the European Commission’s help to survive in a more competitive single European market. Shada Islam reports from Brussels (11:13-13:30)
10. The Anglican Church made history in London today, clearing the way for the ordination of women priests. The decision still has to be approved by both Houses of the British Parliament. In the Caribbean, archbishops of the 8 regional Anglican dioceses have tabled the issue of women priests in their upcoming triannual synod in Barbados this week. The regional Anglican Church is not bound by the London decision (13:31-14:42)
2. Caribbean banana producers today, tried to convince the British Ministerial Committee of the need for continued preferential access for regional bananas to the British market. The Caribbean team led by the President of the Caribbean Banana Exporters Association, Dr. Marshall Hall, faced a thirty-five minutes session with the MPs who questioned the competitiveness of regional bananas and the argument against preferential access being replaced by direct aid. Elijah Marquis, President of the Windward Islands Banana Growers Association also represented the Caribbean banana interest (00:24-02:58)
3. The dollar banana representatives countered by questioning the efficiency of Caribbean producers and the argument for aid. Comments from Bernard O’Connor, European Community lawyer representing the Dole Company (02:59-04:24)
4. The meeting of the British Select Committee with the European delegation and Dr. Marshall Hall ended today, with the Caribbean delegate stressing the need for a decision to be taken before year end (04:25-05:20)
5. The distributors of Latin American bananas, Chiquita and Dole focused much of their presentation on the proposed licensing system. The two companies’ representatives described the license system as a possible base for both confusion and corruption. Comments from William Finey, President of Dole Europe Limited (05:21-05:58)
6. The final presentation came from British distributors of Caribbean bananas, Geest and Fyffes. Geest Chief Executive , David Sugden and his team was asked to justify their support for continued preferential access for Caribbean bananas. He was questioned by Jerry Wiggin, Chairman of the Select Committee (05:59-07:47)
7. In the afternoon, the Geest and Fyffes arguments to maintain preferential access were criticized by the British supermarket interest when they appeared before the Select Committee. After the session, Dole’s spokesman, William Finey declined to be interviewed by the BBC Caribbean Report (07:48-08:07)
8. Interview with Dr. Hall on the Caribbean’s response to the position put forward by the banana representatives (08:08-11:12)
9. Meanwhile the European Community’s Executive Commission has called for a new aid package for the Caribbean banana producers. This they say is in recognition of the fact that ACP nations will need the European Commission’s help to survive in a more competitive single European market. Shada Islam reports from Brussels (11:13-13:30)
10. The Anglican Church made history in London today, clearing the way for the ordination of women priests. The decision still has to be approved by both Houses of the British Parliament. In the Caribbean, archbishops of the 8 regional Anglican dioceses have tabled the issue of women priests in their upcoming triannual synod in Barbados this week. The regional Anglican Church is not bound by the London decision (13:31-14:42)