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Jamaica and Caribbean Integration: Did One from Ten leave Nought?

Jamaica and Caribbean Integration: Did One from Ten leave Nought?. Multiple Anniversaries of 2012. -Bi-centennial of the Independence of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, on the 6 th and 31 st of August respectively.

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Jamaica and Caribbean Integration: Did One from Ten leave Nought?

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  1. Jamaica and Caribbean Integration: Did One from Ten leave Nought?

  2. Multiple Anniversaries of 2012 -Bi-centennial of the Independence of Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago, on the 6th and 31st of August respectively. -Initiation of the independence process for the wider Commonwealth Caribbean. -Dissolution of the Federation of the West Indies and therefore.. -The beginning of a long road toward regionalization

  3. End of the West Indian Federation -Jamaican referendum was the instigator not the definitive cause of the Federation's collapse. -Both political parties had Jamaican leadership. - Lasted from 1958 to 1962 -Lacked customs union or common currency

  4. “...One from Ten leaves Nought...” -Signalled Trinidad's departure from the Federation in response to Jamaica -Left the “Little Eight” to fend for themselves – Divided the MDC and LDCs.

  5. CARICOM (est. 1973) -Evolved from CARIFTA (1968) -Coordination of Foreign Policies -Functional Cooperation -Economic Integration

  6. Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States -Treaty of Basseterre 1981 -Region Security System -Eastern Caribbean Central Bank -Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court -OECS Secretariat -Joint Diplomatic Representation -Revised Treaty 2011 Provides for Full Economic Union

  7. Assumptions about Caribbean Integration

  8. The Next 50 Years Greatest potential for more functional integration is at the 'sub-regional' level. Change will be gradual, incremental, and driven by strategic interests. OECS institutions have the potential to form the basis of a larger economic or political union within CARICOM. Jamaican influence within the region will remain strong, but its participation will not be perceived as essential.

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