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BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC) — The International Trade Centre (ITC), in collaboration with th...

By Orville Williams With a largely untapped market for local sustainable products, entrepreneurs in Antigua and Barbuda and the wider Caribbean are being…

EPA says companies not taking advantage Article by by Marlon Madden While there has been some progress, local and regional firms are still missing out on opportunities under the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). So says newly appointed Executive Director of the Caribbean Export Development Agency Deodat Maharaj, who told Today’s BUSINESS he was also concerned that a lack of affordable regional transportation was hindering trade between Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states. “We need to have transportation, and you need to have transportation that is not p...

Fast-tracking Caribbean COVID-19 recovery and resilience  Published 1 month ago COVID-19 continues to wreak havoc in 2021. The BBC has reported that as of 1 February 2021, more than 100 million people have been infected with the virus, 2.2 million people have died across nearly 200 countries. There are still over 382,000 new cases every day. Although both rich and poor countries have faced the full wrath of the pandemic, the difference is, the developed countries are buffered by their wealth enabling them to recover faster than anyone else, writes Deodat Maharaj. On the other hand, we in ...

Maharaj takes over at Caribbean Export Article by January 27, 2021 Deodat Maharaj has been appointed the Caribbean Export Development Agency’s  (Caribbean Export) new executive director with effect from February 1, 2021. Maharaj, a national of Trinidad and Tobago, has extensive experience in international trade, working with the private sector, governments, and multi-lateral institutions in a career spanning more than 25 years. He knows the region well, having lived and worked in Barbados, Guyana, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago; served with the Caribbean Development B...