With successive political administrations in Guyana having made several failed attempts at improving the country’s trading links with the rest of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the present government is reportedly having yet another try at improving trading links with the region, according to a March 27 Caribbean Business Report story which hints at the likelihood of yet another attempt to do so.
The latest initiative which the Report says comes on the back of concerns expressed by President Irfaan Ali late last year about issues affecting intra-regional trade, asserts that the PPP/C administration will be seeking to make strides towards removing barriers affecting intra-regional trade in collaboration with the country’s private sector.
There has been region-wide concern over what is felt to be the ineffectiveness of the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME) which, in theory at least, allows for the free intra-regional movement of goods and services across the member countries of CARICOM.