New technologies are shaping the way we work and trade. One technology in particular, blockchain, keeps making the headlines. How transformative could this technology be for international trade? What is its potential and what are the challenges that come with its deployment. See https://www.wto.org/english/res_e/reser_e/workshop_blockchain_21219_e.htm

WTO Trade Policy Review Body - Overview of Developments in the International Trading Environment — Formal Meeting

CARICOM Workshop on WTO Issues on 8-10 January at the Savannah Beach Hotel and hosted by WTI Advisors, the SRC, Trade and Investment Advocacy Fund and the CARICOM Secretariat

This is the day that the United Kingdom officially ceases to be a member of the EU and begins the eleven month transition period during which time the UK and EU will seek to negotiate a post-Brexit trading arrangement.

  Event Type: Panel Discussion Venue: Cave Hill School of Business Date: February  6th , 2020 Time: 6:00 p.m. Presenters: Dr. Antonio Alleyne, Temporary Lecturer (Economics), The UWI, Cave Hill                       Dr. Justin Ram, Director of Economics, Caribbean Development Bank                       Dr. Mauricio Mesquita Moreira, Principal Economic Advisor of the Integration and Trade Sector of the…

CARICOM Chairman, Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley and fellow heads of government will meet in Barbados for the 31st Intersessional Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), from February 18 to 19.

Lecture: My persuasion can build a Nation:  A Conversation on Female Leadership in Diplomacy”:  Leading Female Diplomats (present and past) Organizer: Dept of Gov’t, Sociology, Social Work and Psychology and US Embassy Date and Time: 7 pm; March 30 Location: Medical Sciences Lecture Theatre