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The acceleration of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Single Market and Economy (CSME) will be critical for a more inclusive, effectively-functioning and integrated region, says CARICOM Secretary General Dr Carla Barnett.She said this was especially necessary given the various challenges facing CARICOM member states which included growing susceptibility to the impact of climate change as well as multiple and amplifying risks emanating from the global community including the ongoing war in Ukraine and the COVID-19 pandemic.“These challenges cannot be met by countries acting alone. They demand...

Barbados and other Caribbean Community (CARICOM) member states are being warned of the need to adapt new corporation tax rules in order to protect their tax base in light of new global changes.This caution has come from Secretary General of the CARICOM Secretariat Dr Carla Barnett, as she addressed the second Distinguished Owen S. Arthur Memorial Lecture at the Errol Barrow Centre for Creative Imagination on Monday on the topic The Future of CARICOM: Charting a Vision for the Region’s Economic Advancement.Barnett said the time had come for the region to review its double taxation regime and ...