OECS: implement relevant trade policies

David Jordon, a former director of the International Trade and Investment in St. Lucia and renown regional economist is calling on the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) to “revisit the trade license arrangements” and economic activity reserved for nations of the sub-region. He explained that these instruments which have been in place since 1974 “have served their specific purpose and need an overhaul (…) In most instances these instruments are now deemed weak and no longer relevant in a globally changing environment.” He added, that they were developed to guide the economic development of the economies of the OECS which are now more services industry oriented.

Source: http://antiguaobserver.com/regional-economist-wants-oecs-to-implement-r…