(Barbados Nation) Give Trinidad & Tobago a dose of its own medicine if it continues to block Barbadian exports.
In an uncharacteristic display of frustration with the island’s biggest CARICOM trade partner, managing director and chief executive officer of Banks Holdings Limited (BHL) Richard Cozier yesterday charged that all the milk products and some juices produced by subsidiary company Pine Hill Dairy (PHD) were being deliberately blocked from entering the Trinidad market by its food and drug agency.
Cozier, who heads one of the island’s largest conglomerates, said he was at the end of his tether with the Trinidadian stonewalling and had called on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade to aid the company.
“As true Barbadians we take our time and build our case; we look for diplomacy as a means of discussion and negotiations. But how long should this go on before you need to take a definitive stand to say enough is enough?” a disappointed Cozier asked at a Press conference yesterday at PHD’s The Pine, St Michael office.
