CARIFORUM

This article is about the international organisation. For the Malaysian internet forum, see Cari Internet.

The Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) is a subgroup of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States and serves as a base for economic dialogue with the European Union. It was established in 1992. Its membership comprises the 15 Caribbean Community states, along with the Dominican Republic.[1] In 2008, they signed an Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union, though Guyana and Haiti had expressed reservations and did not attend the signing ceremony.[2] Tensions within the group have grown over issues of trade and immigration; the Dominican Republic, with the group's largest economy, has expressed reservations over its current structure.[1]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "CARIFORUM could be unravelling", Caribbean360, 2011-04-11, retrieved 2011-07-08
  2. Singh, Rickey (2008-10-16), "CARIFORUM signs EPA without Guyana, Haiti", The Jamaica Observer, retrieved 2011-07-08