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THE CARIFORUM-EC ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

ONE YEAR ON:

REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

The University of the West Indies

Cave Hill Campus, BarbadosConference Room 2

ndfloor, Caricom Research Building

22 April Chair: Errol Humphrey, Barbados EPA Implementation Unit

10.00-10.15 Welcoming remarks: Keith Nurse, UWI, Cave HillValeriano Diaz, Head of the EU Delegation Barbados

10.15-10.45 Competitiveness, regional integration and sustainable development

Anthony Clayton, UWI, Mona

10.45-11.15 The EPA as a competitiveness tool for the Caribbean: A view from the

Dominican RepublicFederico Cuello, Ambassador of the Dominican Republic

11.15-11.45 CARIFORUM EPA negotiations: objectives; political oversight and

technical preparationsHenry Gill, former Director General, CRNM

11.45-12.15 A Trade Partnership for Sustainable Development: an overview

Junior Lodge, OTN, CARICOM Secretariat

12.15-13.00 General discussion

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Chair: Gail Mathurin, Director General, Office of Trade Negotiations(OTN), CARICOM Secretariat

14.30-14.55 Trade in goods: full liberalization in the EU and liberalisationcommitments of CARIFORUM

Sacha Silva, OTN, CARICOM Secretariat

14.55-15.15 Roberto Despradel, consultant to the Dominican Republic Ministry of Foreign

Affairs, discussant

15.15-15-45 Investment and trade in servicesRamesh Chaitoo, former Head of the CRNM Services Trade Unit

15.45-16.00 Natasha Ward, Barbados Private Sector Trade Team, discussant

16.00-16.15 General discussion

16.15-16.35 The impact of EPA on Caribbean economiesDamien King, Caribbean Policy Research Institute

16.35-17.00 Andrew Downes, UWI, Cave Hill, discussant

Mahindra Ramesh Ramdeen, Trinidad and Tobago ManufacturersAssociation, discussant

17.00-17.45 General discussion

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23 April Chair: Keith Nurse, UWI Cave Hill

9.30-10.00 EPA and the creative economy: prospects and implementation challengesKeith Nurse, UWI Cave Hill

10.00-10.30 Public procurement and competition policy

Taimoon Stewart, UWI St. Augustine

10.30-11.00 Chantal Ononaiwu, OTN, discussant

11.00-11.30 Innovation and intellectual propertyMalcolm Spence, OTN, CARICOM Secretariat

11.30-11.45 Lennox Chandler, Caribbean Council for Science and Technology

11.45-12.00 Environment, social aspects and institutional provisions

Rico Zampetti, European Commission

12.00-12.15 Kusha Haraksingh, UWI St. Augustine, discussant

12.15-13.00 General discussion

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Chair: Pamela Coke-Hamilton, IADB

14.30-15.00 Comparison of CARIFORUM EPA and other trade negotiationsMaryse Robert, Organisation of American States

15.00-15.15 Lorand Bartels, University of Cambridge, discussant

Laura Rojas, consultant, discussant

15.15-15.45 A view from a WTO perspective

Peter Gonzales, consultant

15.45-16.00 Robert Howse, NYU Law School, discussant

16.00-16.30 General discussion

16.30-17.00 Implementation of the EPA in the various CARIFORUM countries,

lessons learned one year on

Brandy Isaacs, EPA Implementation Unit, CARICOM Secretariat

17.00-17.30 Errol Humphrey, Barbados EPA Implementation Unit, discussant

Carlos Wharton, Caribbean Export Development Agency, discussant

17.30-18.00 Concluding remarks:regional integration agreements and the promotionof sustainable development: a view from EuropeKarl Falkenberg, Director General for Environment, European Commission