{"id":7607,"date":"2010-04-10T22:12:05","date_gmt":"2010-04-11T04:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/?p=7607"},"modified":"2010-04-10T22:12:05","modified_gmt":"2010-04-11T04:12:05","slug":"reciprocity-canada-wants-access-to-caribbean-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/features\/commentary\/reciprocity-canada-wants-access-to-caribbean-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"RECIPROCITY: Canada wants access to Caribbean markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_7608\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7608\" style=\"width: 200px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Gail_Mathurin1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7608\" title=\"Gail_Mathurin1\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/04\/Gail_Mathurin1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"204\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7608\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mathurin. Photo credit: csme.redspider.org<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC &#8211; Canada says it will guarantee access for Caribbean Community (CARICOM) products and services to its market but is insisting on reciprocity, the region\u2019s top trade negotiator, Ambassador Gail Mathurin, has said.<\/p>\n<p>The two sides have just completed the first phase of negotiations for a new trade and development agreement.<\/p>\n<p>Traditionally, Caribbean goods have been guaranteed unilateral preferential access to Canada under the more than 20-year-old CARIBCAN agreement, which has assured the region of trade preferences.<\/p>\n<p>However, that accord has been deemed to be out of step with World Trade\u00a0Organization (WTO) rules and is due to come to an end in 2011 when the current waiver expires.<\/p>\n<p>With phase two of the negotiations for the accord scheduled to begin in Canada in the second half of 2010, Ambassador Mathurin told reporters here on Friday that Canada had already assured the region that \u201cthe level of access that we currently have under CARIBCAN would not be diminished under a trade and development agreement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c(But) as you know CARIBCAN deals with just goods,\u201d noted Ambassador Mathurin, adding, \u201cwe would expect that in addition to the existing access that we have on goods which is practically the whole universe of goods \u2026 we also expect to have an ambitious agreement on trade in services which would cover our service providers which will be a new element vis-a-vis Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>However, in keeping with international rules governing free trade, CARICOM may be forced to ensure there is reciprocity.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat CARICOM is saying to Canada is \u2018yes we are prepared to look at some kind of reciprocal arrangement with you\u2019. At the same time, the level of reciprocity must be governed by factors such as the difference in the levels of development between CARICOM and Canada and within CARICOM itself so we don\u2019t see it necessarily as reciprocity that will be mirrored exactly on both sides,\u201d she told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Mathurin further envisages, \u201clonger phase out periods\u201d and the exclusion of certain regional goods and services to allow the Caribbean to make the transition to liberalisation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat\u2019s one form of asymmetry and I argue that that is one element of the development component,\u201d she said, adding that Canada appears \u201csensitive\u201d of the differences between the two sides.<\/p>\n<p>She pointed out that Canada, which has been a long time development partner, is expected to continue to providing financial assistance to the region through agencies such as Canada.<\/p>\n<p>However she said the new agreement would seek set the framework for such future cooperation as opposed to there being \u201can envelope of money specifically identified within the context of the free trade agreement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat we would be doing is setting an agenda for development cooperation which would be supported by the relevant development agency of Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, CMC &#8211; Canada says it will guarantee access for Caribbean Community (CARICOM) products and services to its market but is insisting on reciprocity, the region\u2019s top trade negotiator, Ambassador Gail Mathurin, has said. 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