Caricom, US sign trade and investment framework agreement

Caricom and the United States yesterday signed a Trade and Investment Frame-work Agreement (TIFA) that sets out an agenda “to drive strengthened” ties between the two sides.

Caricom Chairman, Michel Martelly, the President of Haiti and Joseph Biden the Vice President of the United States signed on behalf of the two sides, at a ceremony held after a meeting between Caricom Heads of Government and the US Vice President at the Diplomatic Centre in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

According to the Caricom Secretariat, Caricom and the US,