Castries July 16^TH 2010– Stake holders in Grenada’s trade industry say their concerns have been addressed as to whether OECS Member States have made an input in CARICOM/Canada Negotiations.

This after the OECS Secretariat’s Trade Policy Unit (OTPU) and Office of Trade Negotiations clarified several issues at a recent meeting in St. Georges. The OECS Secretariat in collaboration with the CARICOM Office of Trade Negotiations (OTN) recently convened a one-day National Consultation in Grenada to examine and discuss the negotiating issues arising from the CARICOM – Canada Negotiations.

Castries, St Lucia, Wednesday June 23^rd, 2010. It started on June 18^th 1981 when a group of countries in the Leeward and Windward islands committed to deepen cooperation among them by signing the Treaty of Basseterre that established the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, OECS.  Now, 29 years later, the Member States reinforced that commitment in Saint Lucia on OECS Day, Friday June 18^th 2010, through the signing of the Revised Treaty of Basseterre Establishing the OECS Economic Union.

(OECS Secretariat, Castries, St Lucia) The OECS Secretariat will host an inaugural seminar on Protected Areas at the Coconut Bay Resort and Spa, in Vieux Fort, Saint Lucia. The seminar will take place over a period of three days from July 5-7 2010.