Alicia Nicholls
Incumbent World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General (DG) Mr. Roberto Azevedo’s recent announcement of his resignation a full year before concluding his second term of offic.....
Lessons from the Appellate Body’s Parting Shot in the WTO Tobacco Plain Packaging Dispute
By Dr. Jan Yves Remy
The report issued this week by the Appellate Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) in the Australia Tobacco Plain Pack.....
COVID-19 Is Exposing Cybersecurity Vulnerabilities
COVID-19 is shifting more activities to online platforms: from board meetings to classrooms, to church services, to local vendors, all are moving online as a result of new soc.....
Geopolitically Investigating The Flight Plan For Caribbean Integration: The Case Of LIAT
INTRODUCTION
Given the Caribbean’s natural geography, air transportation is a critical component of our re.....
LIAT is the real MVP of Caribbean Integration
Dr. Kai-Ann Skeete
INTRODUCTION
Conceptualised in 1956, LIAT predates the Caribbean Independence movement, although it became operational in 1974. Presently, it is c.....
An Opportunity to Reclaim Industrial Policy in CARICOM
By Joel K. Richards
INTRODUCTION
The current novel coronavirus (COVID-19) crisis which originated in China, and which has severely disrupted China-centric value and supply chains, has laid bare the limits of cou.....
Heeding Prime Minister Mottley’s Clarion Call for a Vulnerability Index
By Jason Cotton, Jan Yves Remy and Alicia Nicholls
INTRODUCTION
All of Barbados sat glued to their television sets this Wednesday as CNN’s Christiane Amanpour interviewed Prime Minister, the Honourable Mia Amor.....
A Legal Assessment of the Impact of Brexit on UK-CARICOM Relations
Tara Leevy
INTRODUCTION
Businesses will benefit from a series of trade continuity agreements signed between the UK and CARICOM countries, which trade continuity agreements will maintain current arrangements with countrie.....
Transforming Small States’ Participation in International Relations – One Online Meeting at a Time
The original version of this piece, entitled, “Online Meetings are Transforming International Relations” was published by the Council on Foreign Relations and has been modified for the Caribbean region.
What the new Appeal-Arbitration System Might Mean for the Future of WTO Dispute Settlement
Dr. Jan Yves Remy
As COVID-19 continues to grip the world’s attention, a consequential new development has crept into the halls of the dispute settlement system at the World Trade Organization (WTO). On 27 March 2020, 16 of the WTO’s 164 Members announced their agreem.....