A recent decision by the European Commission to abolish all quotas on the domestic production of sugar in ACP member states by 2015 could negatively impact the sugar industry in the Caribbean region.
Columnist David Jessop noted in the Sunday Stabroek on November 20 that the proposal by the European Commission to make significant changes to the European Union’s Common Agricultural Policy, will, if adopted, negatively impact the Caribbean region as well as the nations under the umbrella of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group. If accepted the proposal would take effect from 2015.
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