Ronald Sanders

This commentary is a much shortened version of a paper delivered at a public seminar at London University on May 20 on the Legacy of the British Empire in the Caribbean.

The World Trade Organisation (WTO) is now set to appoint a new director-general.

A huge burden is presently placed on the private sector in the Caribbean.

Hugo Chavez, the populist leader of Venezuela, could not turn-up on January 10 for his swearing-in ceremony as president for a fourth consecutive term.

The Caribbean Community (Caricom) trade ministers issued a statement on December 11 stating that “Caricom countries continue to have serious concerns about the threat to the competitiveness of Caribbe

In the words of the Prime Minister of Barbados, Freundel Stuart, the annual bill for the importation of fuel in his small Caribbean island of 250,000 people is “wholly untenable.”

Small states in the Caribbean would do well to follow the pattern of Britain and Canada in pooling and sharing diplomatic missions abroad.

September 27, 2012, marked the tenth anniversary of the beginning of negotiations for Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) between the European Union (EU) and the 79-member countries of the African,