Private Sector reaffirms commitment to making EU trade deal work

Private sector representatives from the Caribbean and Europe in a marathon two-day, high-level meeting in London that discussed  a way forward to effectively harness the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) came to a close last Thursday  with delegates reaffirming their commitment and interest in “making the Agreement work.”

The 2nd CARIFORUM-EU Business Forum took place under the auspices of the Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export), in collaboration with the African, Caribbean & Pacific States Business Climate (ACP BizClim), the CARICOM Secretariat at Turkeyen said in a press release.

Delegates from the Caribbean and Europe and representing a multiplicity of commercial interests acknowledged that while there have been challenges in “getting the EPA off the ground, there is