Essay On Caricom

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Side by side we stand on the blue Caribbean Sea gives us a clear vision of the close proximity to our neighboring Caribbean countries. Many of the Caribbean countries such as Antigua, Bahamas, Belize , Dominica , Grenada, Jamaica, Haiti and Trinidad and Tobago just to name a few are all part of the Caribbean Community known as Caricom. The birth of the Caribbean Community and Common Market was signed on July 4, 1973 at the Chaguaramas in Trinidad and Tobago. And the operations of Caricom began on August 1 of that year.
It was the failure of two regional integration attempts, the West Indies Federation and the Caribbean Free Trade Association that led to the birth of the Caricom community. Its major goal was to improve the standard of living of people that reside in member countries and to have common policies that would create a united movement of the Caribbean Community. According to Ramsawak, Caricom main objectives include the improvement of economic cooperation, removal of barriers of trade such as customs duties, quotas and licensing impositions, formulate a common policy when dealing with non-member states and trans-national cooperation. As a result the improvement on countries education, labor rights, and health was invested in and promoted by Caricom. Even though some of the objectives such as economic development was one of the crucial goal of the common market, the inception which founded in 1973 did have pressing issues which have remained unresolved.
For example the July 1996 dispute between Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, where Trinidad accused Jamaica of putting barriers to its exports of food and drink and also the tension with Barbados over the accusation that Barbados was imposing trade restrictions on pasta ...

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...here to. As it relates to the Shanique Myrie case with the Barbadian government the treaty is clearly not being rationalized. It was in 2007, the Barbadian government argued against the treaty’s initial decision about free movement. There was no intervention by members of state hence an assent to the decision still stands until re-argued. Based on the treaty, unless an individual displays a serious threat against the society’s interest then the freedom of entry should be granted. Meaning if there is evident proof that there is demoralization of public morals, national security, health and safety then with all means should the refusal present. However it was not the case of the Shanique Myrie story and now with the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) handling of nationals by Caricom Community needs to be revised. (Barbadosunderground.worlpress.com)
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