Join the SRC for our upcoming SRC Lunch Time Chat on the riveting topic of “Natural Disasters and Trade”! All are invited!
Date: Wednesday, November 6th at 12:30-2:00 pm (Barbado.....
CCJ to hold first hearing of a request for an Advisory Opinion
According to a media advisory released by the Caribbean Court of Justice, the Court will convene a hearing for further directions in an Advisory Opinion being sought by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The two-day hearing will take place on October 22-23, 2019.
The Advisory Op.....
SRC holds annual MITP Graduation Dinner
On Saturday, October 19, 2019, the Shridath Ramphal Centre (SRC) held its annual graduation dinner for this year's graduates of the flagship Masters in International Trade Policy (MITP) Programme at Champers Restaurant & Wine Bar, Rockley, Christ Church. The dinner w.....
Reform WTO and resist protectionism, say Commonwealth trade ministers
Trade ministers from across the Commonwealth today made a commitment to resist all forms of protectionism, and to work urgently together towards reforming the World Trade Organisation, which sets the global rules for international trade.
Following a meeting in London, ministers fro.....
Closing the Digital Gender Divide through Trade Rules
SRC Deputy Director, Dr. Jan Yves Remy, was one of the contributors to the "Mainstreaming Gender in Trade Agreements" essay series by the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI).
Dr. Remy's article is entitled "Closing the Digital Gender Divide through Trade Rules". <.....
WTO World Trade Report 2019 Launched
The 2019 edition of the WTO’s World Trade Report highlights that services have become the most dynamic component of international trade and that its role will continue to expand in the coming decades. It stresses the need to enhance cooperation in the international community to support this expansion. The report was launched durin.....
6th SRC Lunch Time Chat: The CCJ at the Centre of Caribbean Integration
Join the SRC for our next SRC Lunch Time Chat on the riveting topic of the
"The Caribbean Court of Justice at the centre of Caribbean Integration" on October 1st at 12:30-2:00 pm (Barbados time, GMT -4).
We are pleased to announce tha.....
Regional Officials to attend CARICOM Forum on International Investment Agreements
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Investment officials from CARICOM Member States will come together for the CARICOM Forum on International Investment Agreements from 30 September to 2 October 2019 in Barbados. They will examine reform of international inves.....
Assessing the Impact of Barbados’ Proposed Data Protection Bill on the Barbadian Private Sector
By: Dean C. Forbes, Gabrielle Whitehall and Jan Yves N. Remy
Today, more than 120 countries have privacy and data protection laws or regulations in place. Many of the new or modernized laws tend to be based on comprehensive legislation, rather than sectoral rules, as data.....
First CARICOM-India Summit to be held Wednesday
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque anticipates that diplomatic political cooperation between the Community and India will deepen when the two sides meet on September 25th in New York.
Heads of Government of CARICOM will have.....