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WASHINGTON, May 26 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Foreign and trade ministers from the Caricom Member States concluded two days of meetings with members of the United States House of Representatives and representatives of the private sector. The meeting, organized by the Inter-American Economic Council, held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Miami was designed to strengthen the relationship between the United States and the nations of the Caribbean.
"The meeting served to identify mechanisms that will institutionalize the relationship between members of the Congressional Caribbean Caucus and the CARICOM Ministers," said Council President Barry Featherman. The Trade Ministers met with a bipartisan group of members of the United States Congressional Caribbean Caucus and key business leaders from the Caribbean and South Florida. The discussions focused heavily on the FTAA negotiations, the third border initiative, security, health, commodities, criminal deportees, immigration, transnational crime and illegal trade in arms.See the full content of this document
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Inter-American Economic Council Hosts Successful Caribbean Trade Ministerial Meeting in Miami Florida
Delegations to the program were led by the Honorable Hilson Baptiste, minister of state for international trade and tourism of Antigua and Barbuda; the Honorable Leslie Miller, minister of trade of the Bahamas...
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