The U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA)
CARICOM-Dominican Republic FTA
Caribbean Countries: Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados,
Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Lucia,
Saint Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago
Syllabus of the Subject: Caribbean Community and Common Market (CARICOM)
Introduction to the CARICOM
Economic Profile of the Caribbean Markets
CARICOM Single Market and Economy
The Caribbean Development Bank
CARICOM Foreign Trade Policy
Foreign Trade with Canada and the U.S.
Objectives:
To understand the purposes and trade policy of the CARICOM
To analyze the economic profile of the Caribbean Markets
To evaluate the benefits for the CARICOM member economies
To analyze the economic integration process (Caribbean Single Market and Economy) and the foreign trade among the Caribbean Community members
To know the role of the Caribbean Development Bank and the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
To identify the CARICOM Free Trade Agreements
The Member States of the Caribbean Community and Common Market are Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, Saint Lucia,
Saint Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Anguilla, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Turks anCaicos Islands are associate members of the CARICOM.
CARIFORUM-European Union Economic Partnership Agreement.
Introduction to the Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARICOM and the EU
Advantages for the European companies
Foreign Trade EU-Caribbean Countries
Importance of the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement
CARICOM-Colombia Agreement.
Colombia-CARICOM Agreement on Foreign Trade, Economic, and Technical Cooperation
Foreign Trade Colombia-CARICOM markets
Colombia-CARICOM Partial Scope Agreement No. 31
Benefits of the Agreement
Costa Rica-CARICOM Free Trade Agreement.
Introduction to the Free Trade Agreement between Costa Rica and the Caribbean Community
Advantages of the CARICOM-Costa Rica Agreement
Foreign Trade Relations and the foreign direct investment flows Costa Rica-CARICOM States
Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
Introduction to the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
Revised Treaty of Basseterre
Structure and organization of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
Economic Union of the OECS
Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
Eastern Caribbean Currency Union
The Caribbean Capital Markets
Economic Profile of the countries of the OECS
The member countries of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States are Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (All members of the CARICOM).
Anguilla and the British Virgin Islands are associate members of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States.
Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI)
Introduction to the Caribbean Basin Initiative
The Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act
The U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act
Access to the U.S. Market with duty-free access
The beneficiary countries of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act are Antigua and Barbuda, Aruba, the Bahamas, Barbados (*), Belize (*), British Virgin Islands, Curacao (*), Dominica,
Grenada, Guyana (*), Haiti (*), Jamaica (*), Montserrat, Saint Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia (*), St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Trinidad and Tobago (*).
(*) beneficiary countries also of the U.S.-Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act.
Syllabus of the Subject: Association of Caribbean States (ACS)
Introduction to the Association of Caribbean States
Functions and Organization of the ACS
Member countries of the ACS
Greater Caribbean
Trends in Caribbean Foreign Trade
The Caribbean Expanded Economic Space
Trade Agreements in the Caribbean
Objectives:
To understand the purposes and functions of the Association of Caribbean States
To evaluate the benefits for the member countries of the ACS
To analyze the economic and trade integration process between the member
economies of the ACS
To analyze the economic relations between the countries of the ACS with the country of the student
To understand the concept of the Caribbean Expanded Economic Space
The member countries of the Association of Caribbean States are Antigua and Barbuda, the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, and Venezuela.
The associate members of the ACS are Aruba, France (on behalf of the French Guiana, Guadeloupe, and Martinique), the Netherlands Antilles and Turks and Caicos.
Syllabus of the Subject: Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA)
Introduction to the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System
Cooperation and Integration in Latin America (Iberian America)
Latin American Council
Objectives:
To understand the goals of the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System
To explore the cooperation and integration among the member economies of the SELA
The Caribbean countries members of the SELA are the Bahamas,
Barbados, Cuba, Haiti, Jamaica, the Dominican Republic, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago.
Syllabus of the Subject: Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA)
Introduction to the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA)
“Gran National” projects
Trade Treaty of the Peoples
ALBA Bank
Regional Clearing Unit System of Payments (SUCRE)
The purposes of the subject of the “Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America” are the following:
To understand the objectives and functions of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America
To analyze the economic integration process and trade relations between the countries of the ALBA
To know the trade agreements of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America and the Unit System of Regional Payments (SUCRE)
To evaluate the role of the ALBA Bank
Cuba, Dominica, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, and Antigua anBarbuda are members of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America (ALBA).
Samples of the adaptation the Caribbean Students (common subjects) (Bachelor of Science in Foreign Trade, e-learning, fourth semester, second year):