Caribbean Report 27-06-1991 - Crosskill, Hugh (anchor); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent); Lander, Steven (interviewee); Thompson, Pat (interviewee); Basdeo, Sahadeo (interviewee); Tewarie, Bhoendradatt (interviewee); Ransome, Debbie (correspondent); Dark, Ian (correspondent); Hall, Wes (interviewee) (The British Broadcasting Corporation, 1991)
1. Headlines (00:00-00:35)
2. American businessman, Steven Lander, warns the Caribbean to stop procrastinating on making a decision concerning the Enterprise for the Americas Initiative. Pat Thompson, Executive Director of the Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce, also comments that the Caricom countries have started to respond to the EAI and dispels concerns that the EAI will jeopardize the Caribbean’s relations with the European community (00:36-04:14)
3. Another target date has been set for the full implementation of the Common External Tariff by Caricom member states. Sahadeo Basdeo, Trinidad and Tobago’s representative at the Council of Ministers meeting, comments on the CET and the implementation process (04:15-07:43)
4. The future of BWIA, the CET and Caribbean intra-regional trade are on the agenda for the upcoming Caricom Heads of Governments Summit in St. Lucia next week. Bhoe Tewarie, Trinidad and Tobago’s Minister of Industry, is interviewed by Debbie Ransome on the free trade initiative (07-44-11:48)
Keywords: Boxers (Sports) -- United States; Boxers (Sports) -- Jamaica; Cricket -- Tournaments -- West Indies; Enterprise for the Americas Initiative; Trade -- Caribbean Area; Common External Tariff -- Caribbean Area; Caricom Heads of Government Summit; Tyson, Mike, 1966-; Ruddock, Donovan "Razor"; Cricket -- Tournaments -- Combined Universities; Cricket -- South Africa -- Ban