Caribbean Trade Law and Development

Dear Reader, Welcome to the Caribbean Trade & Development News Digest for the week August 30–September 5, 2026! 📌 THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS 🌴 CARIBBEAN TRADE STORIES Haiti secures extension of HOPE/HELP trade preferences through 2028 Ministere du Commerce: Haiti Ministry of Commerce and Industry/U.S. Congress: Haiti secured a further extension of the HOPE/HELP trade preferenc...

Dear Reader, Welcome to the Caribbean Trade & Development News Digest for the week August 23–29, 2026! 📌 THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS 🌴 CARIBBEAN TRADE STORIES Dominican Republic prioritises reciprocal tariff agreement with the United States Presidency of the Dominican Republic: President Luis Abinader said on August 26 that securing a reciprocal tariff agreement with the […]

Dear Reader, Welcome to our Caribbean Trade & Development News Digest for the week August 16–22, 2026! 📌 THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS 🌴 CARIBBEAN TRADE STORIES Guyana private sector raises concerns over CARICOM tariff measures Guyana Times: Representatives of Guyana’s Private Sector Commission (PSC) and Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) have raised concerns wi...

Alicia Nicholls As Barbados’ Parliament debated and passed what will become the Beneficial Ownership Transparency and Register Act 2026, strengthening the country’s framework for corporate transparency to comply with its international financial regulations, the United States (US) was moving in the opposite direction. Just a week after the Barbados bill was passed, the US Departm...

Dear Reader, Welcome to our Caribbean Trade & Development News Digest for the week August 8 -15, 2026! 📌THIS WEEK’S HIGHLIGHTS Belize and El Salvador signed a historic partial scope agreement! India and SACU have revived trade talks! US-Canada trade talks are heading towards a major August 19th deadline, although significant differences reportedly remain in […]