Crafting Gender-Responsive Trade Policies
On Friday 8th March, 2024 the SRC hosted our annual International Women’s Day LTC / Panel Discussion on ‘Breaking Barriers: Crafting Gender-Responsive Trade Policy’. The event also included the award of our 2024 Distinguished Woman in Trade to Dr. Lystra Fletcher-Paul and the book launch of ‘Trade Policy and Gender Equality’ published by Cambridge University…
SRC Director Featured on Morning Barbados
SRC Director Dr. Jan Yves Remy was featured on Morning Barbados today! Dr. Remy spoke about the Centre’s flagship Masters in International Trade Policy Programme (MITP). The Masters in International Trade Policy Programme is a 12-month full-time course that emphasizes critical thinking on trade policy matters, taught by a unique blend of regional and international…
Remaking Trade Project – Villars Framework for a Sustainable Global Trade System
The SRC is pleased to share Version 2.0 of the Remaking Trade for a Sustainable Future Project’s (RTP) Villars Framework. This version incorporates feedback received during the first Villars…
3rd Annual Distinguished Owen S. Arthur Memorial (DOSAM) Lecture Series – Sept 28, 2023
The Shridath Ramphal Centre for International Trade, Law, Policy and Services (SRC) presents the Third Distinguished Owen S. Arthur Memorial Lecture Series on Thursday, September 28th, 2023 at the Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination (EBCCI) at 6:00 p.m. AST. The SRC remembers Professor Arthur as a Caribbean son, an ardent regionalist, a strong voice for small and vulnerable economies,…
Boosting CARIFORUM’s Trade Capacity Through Skills Training and Investment
When seeking to boost trade capacity, national and regional investment in skills and education is not always front of mind. However, the International Labour Organisation emphasizes the importance of skills investment for inclusive trade, noting that open economies…
Why the Bridgetown Initiative on Climate Finance is Good For Trade
It was not so long ago, in March 2022, that Prime Minister Mia Amor Mottley of Barbados went to the World Trade Organization (WTO) in Geneva seeking concrete answers on how the WTO was helping developing countries with one of their most pressing needs – financing their climate adaptation and…
Pound Volatility’s Implications for Caribbean Tourism and Trade
Winter is coming! And not in the Game of Thrones sense. The big news in currency markets on Monday, September 26, 2022 was the British pound (GBP)’s record slump against the United States dollar (USD). It seems unfathomable now that years ago one UK pound was worth some 2 USD. Then early…
US-CARICOM Trade & Investment Relations Webinar Series 3
Please join the SRC/US Embassy/CPC for our third and final webinar in our series on US-CARICOM Trade and Investment Relations. The webinar will be held on Friday 2 September from 10:30 am to 12 noon EST. Register for the webinar at: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_cGtRSOS7RMqxEkfZNjcSjA This webinar will explore how the US-CARICOM Trade and Investment Council (TIC)…
Faculty of Social Science (FSS) Open Week – May 23-27, 2022
Join the Faculty of Social Sciences during their Open Week Series of Activities, May 23 – 27, 2022. We invite you to especially tune into the daily ‘Mornin Barbados’ features on CBC TV8 from 6:00 a.m. and the radio programmes on Monday, Tuesday and Friday.
Prime Minister of Barbados to be first guest speaker in WTO Presidential Lecture Series
H.E. Ms. Mia Amor Mottley, the Prime Minister of Barbados, will be the first guest speaker of the WTO’s Presidential Lecture Series on 23 March at the WTO’s headquarters in Geneva. The topic of Prime Minister Mottley’s lecture is “Reinventing the Global Order”. Opening remarks will be delivered by Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. Ambassador Athaliah Lesiba…
