CARIFORUM must enhance competitiveness for EU partnership deal – LaRocque

Irwin LaRocque

Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, CARICOM Secretary-General on Friday called on the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (CARIFORUM) to enhance their competitiveness and productivity in order to take advantage of the opportunities provided by the Economic Partnership Agreement between CARIFORUM and the European Union (EU).

Ambassador LaRocque, in  his inaugural address as both CARICOM and CARIFORUM Secretary-General at the Nineteenth Meeting of the Council of Ministers of CARIFORUM in Roseau, Dominica, said that the