Caribbean Report 11-02-1994

The British Broadcasting Corporation; Downes, Richard (correspondent); Cloos, Jim (interviewee); Fairley, Ian (correspondent); Collymore, Yvette(correspondent); Mitchell, Fred (interviewee); Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent)

Recording, oral

Date

1994-02-11

Registration in:

http://hdl.handle.net/2139/16140

http://repositorioslatinoamericanos.uchile.cl/handle/2250/3014095

Author

The British Broadcasting Corporation

Downes, Richard (correspondent)

Cloos, Jim (interviewee)

Fairley, Ian (correspondent)

Collymore, Yvette(correspondent)

Mitchell, Fred (interviewee)

Baptiste, Sandra (correspondent)

Institutions

University of the West Indies (Jamaica)

Abstract

In this report, the GATT panel report is release in Geneva; Jim Cloos talks about the impact the EU's decision to withdraw their offer of increase import quotas to dollar banana producers will ultimately have; Ian Fairley reports on the political situation in the Dominica Republic in the lead up to elections; Haitian and American officials disagree; Hatitian refugees continue to be an issue for the Bahamas and there are efforts underway in Jamaica to promote a positive image of Jamaicans.

Subjects

Banana trade -- Caribbean area

Banana trade -- Latin America

Tariff preferences -- Caribbean area

Protectionism -- Caribbean area

Import quotas

Elections -- Dominican Republic

Refugees -- Haiti

Refugees -- Bahamas

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