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Trade Policy
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This section centralises information
relating to Jamaica's national trade policy. Government trade policy overviews, national development
strategy papers as well as
information on agreements, regulations, standards, and the investment
climate are also presented in this section.
Jamaica's trade policy is clearly not developed in isolation,
but rather within a regional and global trade context. Over the years,
the number of commitments derived from participation in the World Trade Organisation
(WTO), as well as CARICOM, and other regional trade fora has
increased. As such, documents that provide some insight into these regional and
global policy frameworks have been included.
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NATIONAL
TRADE POLICY |
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Jamaica is actively engaged in the negotiation of multilateral,
regional and bilateral trade agreements as a means of securing its
trade interests and enhancing trade performance. In these agreements
it seeks to remove tariff and non-tariff barriers on products of
interest to Jamaica in asymmetrical arrangements with trading
partners. It seeks also to facilitate measures to address
supply-side constraints thereby facilitating improved productivity
and competitiveness in both the domestic and export markets."
Government Report to the WTO 2005
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 Jamaica is a founding member of the Caribbean Common Market and Community (CARICOM).
Jamaica has participated in the GATT since July 1966
and in the WTO since March 1995.
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Regional Level |
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►CARICOM
Background
Information,
Legal Framework of Integration,
External Trade
Agreements,
On-going
Negotiations,
CSME Initiative
►CRNM
Background
Information,
Studies and
Publications
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Global Level |
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►The
World Trade Organisation - WTO
Introductory Documents,
Doha Development Agenda,
Multilateral
Agreements,
Guide
to the WTO Agreement,
Annual Reports,
Special and
Differential Treatment,
Dispute
Settlement system.
Other International Organisations
Reports & Country Strategies on Jamaica
World Bank Country
Strategy,
2000
LAC, World Bank
IMF Art.IV
Consultation,
2004
Staff for the 2004 Consultation with Jamaica
Business Environment, Jamaica, 2003
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RELEVANT PUBLICATIONS |
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On
Jamaica
 
Jamaica: Trade, Integration an the Quest for
Growth, 2005.
Jessen, A.
and Vignoles, C.
Strategic Global
Repositioning and Future Economic
Development in Jamaica,
1996. Bernal, R.
Productivity and Competitiveness in
the Jamaican Economy, 2003. Downs, A.
Jamaica: The Road to Sustained Growth,
2003. LAC- World Bank
Trade Liberalisation:
The Jamaican Experience, 2004.
Witter, M.
Jamaica: Globalisation, Liberalisation and
Sustainable Human Development, 2001.
UNCTAD/UNDP
Jamaica - European Community Country Strategy
Paper, 2001.
Government of Jamaica and EU Commission
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On Trade Policy
World Trade Report 2004,
2004. World
Trade Organisation
World Trade Report 2003,
2003. World Trade Organisation
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On the Regional and Global Context
CARICOM Report,
2002. Taccone, J. and Nogueira, U (coordinators)
Trade Policy and Caribbean Development,
2001.
Barclay, L; Henry, R and James, V
Globalisation and Small Developing Countries.
Bernal, R. (source: CRNM website)
Survey of the
Caribbean Tax Systems, 2004.
Dos Santos, P and Bain, L 
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