Caribbean Report 15-04-1994 - Rowe, Yvette (anchor); Ransome, Debbie (interviewee); Charles, Eugenia (interviewee); Maraj, Ralph (interviewee); Collymore, Yvette (correspondent); Gordon, Orin (correspondent) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1994)
1. Headlines with Yvette Rowe (00:00-00:32)
2. Trade ministers from the European Union reached a last minute compromise as the banana import regime threatened to block today’s final signing of the General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) in Marrakesh. The proposal worked out basically postpones the decision which France feared might jeopardize the controversial banana regime which some EU member states object to. Eugenia Charles fears the Windward Islands banana industry is in jeopardy. Debbie Ransome reports (00:33-05:26)
3. Ralph Maraj discusses what the GATT means for CARICOM and developing countries. According to him developing countries must ensure that they are represented at the highest levels. He discusses whether the GATT will be good for the Caribbean (05:27-08:16)
4. Time has not healed the rift created by the split vote to the OAS Secretary General. Despite an earlier CARICOM decision, some member states gave their vote to the Columbia candidate President Cesar Gaviria. The split vote helped President Gaviria attain victory. Yvette Collymore looks at the rift in the Washington diplomatic community (08:17-11:15)
Keywords: Commercial treaties; Banana trade -- Economic aspects -- Windward Islands; International trade -- Developing countries; Developing countries -- Economic conditions; Poverty -- Guyana; Guyana -- Economic conditions; Cricket players -- England