Caribbean leaders address Trump's new tariffs and global crises /* Caribbean exempt from port fee increases on Chinese-built ships
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CHTA urges US to exempt Caribbean from proposed port fees and tariffs - CNW Network
The Caribbean Hotel and Tourism Association (CHTA) is urging the U.S. government to reconsider proposed port service fees and tariffs.
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04/07/25
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Trump pauses tariffs on most nations for 90 days, raises taxes on Chinese imports
Facing a global market meltdown, President Donald Trump on Wednesday abruptly backed down on his tariffs on most nations for 90 days, but raised his tax rate on Chinese imports to 125%.
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What would a unified Caribbean look like?
Would it even be desirable by the locals?
Would it even be desirable by the locals?
Trade triangle between Caribbean Africa/Oceania and Eurasia is looming.
Trump does not have the Windies in mind outside of Tourism which is a shame
Trump does not have the Windies in mind outside of Tourism which is a shame
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Answer to Second question : it’s not
Everybody will be Irie except Jamaica. Leave them niccas OUTSIDE.
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‘Trade wars have no winners’, says Lula about Trump’s ‘arbitrary tariffs’ at Celac Summit
“Latin America and the Caribbean must redefine its place in the new world order”, said the Brazilian president10.Apr.2025
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Workers’ Party)
Speaking on Wednesday (9) at the Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac), Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (Workers’ Party) criticized US policy targeting the countries of the region. “Our autonomy is once again threatened. Attempts to restore the old hegemonies hang over our region. Freedom and self-determination are the first victims of a world without multilaterally agreed rules,” Lula said.
“Migrants are criminalized and deported under degrading conditions. Arbitrary tariffs destabilize the international economy and raise prices. History teaches us that trade wars have no winners,” said the Brazilian president.
Trump announced 10% tariffs on imports from Brazil, Colombia, Argentina, Chile, Peru, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. Taxes of 15% and 18% were applied to Venezuela and Nicaragua, respectively. Mexico was not included on Trump’s list but faces 25% tariffs on the automotive sector and duties on steel and aluminum.
Faced with this scenario, Lula stressed the need for unity among the Celac countries. “If we remain separate, the Latin American and Caribbean community runs the risk of returning to the status of a zone of influence in a new division of the globe between superpowers. The moment demands that we put our differences aside. We need to recover the pluralist and pragmatic spirit that united us in the early 2000s,” said the Brazilian president.
Celac, which currently has 33 members, was created in 2011 fostered by Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez (1999-2013). In addition to the progressive governments of Brazil, Mexico and Colombia, the summit will also be attended by the presidents of Bolivia, Luis Arce; Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel; Guatemala, Bernardo Arévalo; Uruguay, Yamandú Orsi; and Haiti, Leslie Voltaire.
The prime ministers of Guyana, Mark Phillips, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Ralph Gonsalves, will also attend the conference.
“Latin America and the Caribbean must redefine its place in the emerging new world order,” said Lula. At the summit, the Brazilian president also defended a female candidate for Secretary General of the United Nations (UN).
In the speech that opened the summit on Wednesday (9), Honduran President Xiomara Castro also called for Latin American countries to unite at a time when Trump is “redrawing” the economic map.
“We can’t keep walking apart when the world is changing,” said Castro in his opening speech at the event, in which he said that now the “United States is redrawing its economic map without asking which peoples are left behind.”
The sad thing is, the Caribbean countries are just along for the ride. Trump won't give tariff breaks to anyone outside of Russia (he even taxed Ukraine) and definitely not a majority black country.
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SVG Signs MOU to Enhance Food Security in CARICOM
04/10/25On Wednesday, April 9, 2025, a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed between the Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Ministry of Agriculture and Channell and Trimart Supermarkets. The primary objectives of this agreement are to enhance exports, reduce the food import bill of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) by 25%, foster regional trade, and strengthen food and nutrition security throughout the region.
Channell and Trimart Supermarkets, located in Barbados, will establish a strategic partnership with consolidators in St. Vincent and the Grenadines as part of this agreement. This collaboration aims to create expanded export opportunities for local farmers.
Additionally, Farmacy Fruit and Veg of Barbados is involved as a key stakeholder. They will facilitate the connection between the parties and support the initiative through trial shipments scheduled for April 2025.
Full shipments are expected to commence in May 2025, with an anticipated increase in export demand by June 2025.
Hon. Saboto Caesar, the Minister of Agriculture emphasized that this partnership is crucial for strengthening food security and nutrition across the CARICOM region. He expressed gratitude to Channell and Trimart Supermarkets, as well as Farmacy Fruit and Veg of Barbados, for their invaluable support.
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