CARICOM Secretary-General, Irwin LaRocque, said yesterday that the impatience of the region’s citizens to enjoy the benefits of integration should serve as an impetus to ensure the urgent resolution of outstanding issues that hinder Community nationals, including the private sector, from taking full advantage of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The CARICOM Secretary-General was delivering remarks at the 34th Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) in Georgetown.
These issues, he noted, affect not only daily lives and day-to-day operations but also the public perception of inertia and slothfulness engulfing the integration movement, LaRocque said,