Notable Trade Policy Acheivements in the OECS

A Work Programme for the St. Lucia Coalition of Service Industries that can be used as a guide for the other Member States.

High Level Retreats to facilitate policy formulation.

The development of a simulation model for negotiating tariff liberalisation.

An application for Article 164 treatment.

A Trade Policy Framework covering services, agriculture and manufacturing. It has been used as a basis for formulating proposals for the ongoing WTO negotiations.

An Audit of Technical Resources and a Functionality Assessment to assist with institutional strengthening and reform.

A CSME Cost/benefit Study in order to inform OECS participation in the CSME.

An EPA Impact Study to inform negotiating strategy for the EPA.

Briefing documents to facilitate participation in WTO ministerial meetings.

A study to inform the integration of gender issues into trade policy.

Training of officials in services trade policy, intellectual property, services trade data collection.

The development of a trade data base for negotiating purposes.

A reader entitled “Understanding International Trade” distributed to schools, libraries, embassies and the general public.

 

 
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