Annual Owen S. Arthur Memorial Lecture

Affectionally called P.M. by the staff of the Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade Law, Policy and Services (SRC), former Prime Minister of Barbados the Right Hon. Owen Arthur was no stranger to the international trade scene, both from academic and practical perspectives. In his recent role as Professor of Practice, he often frequented the SRC’s Office just downstairs his own in the CARICOM Building of the Cave Hill Campus, where he would engage with both staff and students on a variety of trade issues. From such discussions, one could easily discern the priorities that embodied P.M.’s trade agenda both during his tenure as Prime Minister of Barbados and even more recently in his newer capacities as Professor, Lecturer and Advisor on a range of domestic and regional matters. In fact, trade topics such as the promotion of regional integration, support for the development of small island developing states and the protection of national sovereignty were guaranteed discussion points in any conversation between P.M. Arthur and his SRC family. Today we remember him as: The Regionalist, The Advocate for Small Economies, The Defender of National Sovereignty and P.M. Arthur.

WITH LOVE FROM THE SRC!