Caribbean Report 04-12-1990 - Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Harrington, John (interviewee); Hinson, Percy (interviewee); Boos, Peter (interviewee) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1990)
1. Headlines (00:00-00:51)
2. John Harrington, Director of the Office of Regional Economic Policy at the Bureau of Inter-American Affairs, comments on the Caribbean Basin Initiative and the recently expanded benefits of the CBI II. Interviewed by Hugh Crosskill (00:52-05:07)
3. Guyanese-born Percy Hinson, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, is pessimistic about the Caribbean’s potential of attracting foreign investments after Mexico joins the North American Free Trade Agreement (05:08-7:40)
4. Peter Boos, President of the Barbados Chamber of Commerce, states that the Caribbean region is unprepared for the economic challenges ahead (07:41-12:30)
Keywords: Caribbean Area -- Economic aspects; Caribbean Basin Initiative, 1983-; Investments, Foreign -- Caribbean Area; Caribbean Area -- Soicial aspects; Coup d'etat -- Trinidad and Tobago; Miami Conference for Business; Trade -- Caribbean Area; North American Free Trade Agreement; NAFTA