Agriculture, trade, tourism areas of accomplishment for Caricom, Gonsalves says

Dr Ralph Gonsalves

Addressing the 25th Inter-Sessional Meeting of Caricom in  Grenada on Monday St Vincent and the Grenadines Prime Minister Dr Ralph Gonsalves listed trade and economic integration, agriculture, tourism, air transport and financial services as areas of accomplishment though he added, “there is a great deal left to be done to realise the full fruition of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas.”

In an address that dealt in large measure with issues that are key and critical to the economic development of the region, Gonsalves told the assembled regional Heads of Government that Caricom is compelled at this time to reflect centrally on measures for strengthening our regional and national economies.”  He listed the fortification of the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME), the challenge of climate change, improving the delivery