The West Indies Rum & Spirits Producers Association (WIRSPA) has made it clear that the dispute over unfair subsidies being given to its competitors in the United States Virgin Islands (USVI) and Puerto Rico is between the CARIFORUM group of countries and the United States and not between rum producers.
The matter requires urgent action and early resolution if the CARIFORUM rum industry is to survive in its present form, WIRSPA said in a press release Monday.
The CARIFORUM group (the Caribbean Community plus the Dominican Republic), according to the WIRSPA release, explained that “this is because subsidies given to
