{"id":88740,"date":"2026-03-27T09:40:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/?p=88740"},"modified":"2026-03-27T09:40:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-27T13:40:18","slug":"20-ans-plus-tard-le-marche-unique-de-la-caricom-a-t-il-vraiment-grandi","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/20-ans-plus-tard-le-marche-unique-de-la-caricom-a-t-il-vraiment-grandi\/","title":{"rendered":"20 Years Later: Has the CARICOM Single Market Really Grown?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><span style=\"font-weight: normal\">Kaieuteur News<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: normal\">January 2006 marked the official start of the CARICOM Single Market after its launch in Kingston, Jamaica. Then, we were hopeful that the Caribbean would see the benefits of the free movement of goods, labour, capital and services across the region.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: normal\">Late 2025 brought a welcomed development when Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St. Vincent and the Grenadines became the four Member States to implement free movement. However, 20 years later, there has been no remarkable growth of intra-regional trade. The cause of this could be as a result of the endless barriers, boundaries and borders that prevent genuine movement. There\u2019s a popular saying in the world of International Trade that goes \u201cCountries do not trade, but people do\u201d. Simple but profound, it catalyses us to pause and think about what exactly is my role in increasing intra-regional trade?<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: normal\">Your role is simple\u2026you have the power of choice, and you have the power of demand as the consumer. As an introduction to Caribbean Integration and Intra-regional trade, I challenge my students to pick a Caribbean country that is not their own, research ten manufactured products and read the labels especially the ingredients. As simple as this exercise is, it is to introduce my students to the top manufactured goods in a country, as well as the potential for exports within the region. It warmed my heart when the announcement was made that Guyana Shop will be exporting watermelons to Barbados. Now, after 20 years of the launch of the CSM, regional goods are moving more frequently.<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"google-anno-skip google-anno-sc\" role=\"link\" aria-label=\"opportunit\u00e9s d'investissement en Guyane\" data-google-vignette=\"false\" data-google-interstitial=\"false\"><span style=\"font-weight: normal\">Guyana investment opportunities<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: normal\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;font-weight: normal\">Un voyage \u00e0 Georgetown m\u00e8ne immanquablement au march\u00e9 public anim\u00e9 de Bourda, o\u00f9 l&rsquo;on trouve des fruits de saison, et \u00e0 la Guyana Shop, nich\u00e9e \u00e0 l&rsquo;angle des rues Alexander et Robb. Cette boutique regorge de centaines de produits locaux qui devraient figurer dans tous les foyers carib\u00e9ens. Parmi mes pr\u00e9f\u00e9r\u00e9s, on compte le b\u0153uf poivr\u00e9 Ashdel&rsquo;s (pr\u00eat \u00e0 consommer, en bo\u00eete), la truite sal\u00e9e Basdeo&rsquo;s et les chips de plantain au cheddar Ventriz, une cr\u00e9ation originale. \u00c0 l&rsquo;approche du Salon national de l&rsquo;agriculture (Agrofest) \u00e0 la Barbade, j&rsquo;ai h\u00e2te de visiter les stands et d&rsquo;\u00e9changer avec les entreprises sur leurs produits, leurs emballages et leur parcours entrepreneurial, notamment leur volont\u00e9 d&rsquo;exporter vers le march\u00e9 barbadien. Gr\u00e2ce \u00e0 cette connaissance approfondie des produits, je pourrai d\u00e9sormais les commander par leur nom et la quantit\u00e9 souhait\u00e9e. Soyons honn\u00eates, c&rsquo;est seulement en voyant les produits, en les achetant et en les go\u00fbtant, que l&rsquo;on r\u00e9alise l&rsquo;existence d&rsquo;alternatives viables aux produits import\u00e9s de l&rsquo;ext\u00e9rieur de la r\u00e9gion, comme le poisson sal\u00e9 et les en-cas.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;font-weight: normal\">En g\u00e9n\u00e9ral, les produits carib\u00e9ens d\u00e9pendent de leurs citoyens et de la diaspora pour p\u00e9n\u00e9trer les march\u00e9s. Cependant, il est imp\u00e9ratif d&rsquo;enrayer le d\u00e9clin du commerce carib\u00e9en et d&rsquo;engager un dialogue constructif sur ces produits, en les nommant clairement. Nous devons \u00e9laborer des strat\u00e9gies pr\u00e9cises pour p\u00e9n\u00e9trer les march\u00e9s r\u00e9gionaux en nous adressant directement aux consommateurs, en leur proposant des produits et des campagnes marketing efficaces. L&rsquo;adoption des produits r\u00e9gionaux au sein de la CARICOM soul\u00e8ve une question cruciale : comment les nouveaux produits arrivent-ils de march\u00e9s ext\u00e9rieurs ? Nous les accueillons \u00e0 bras ouverts. Pourtant, lorsqu&rsquo;il s&rsquo;agit de produits r\u00e9gionaux, les exigences sont consid\u00e9rablement plus \u00e9lev\u00e9es. On a l&rsquo;impression que les produits extra-r\u00e9gionaux sont consid\u00e9r\u00e9s comme sup\u00e9rieurs aux n\u00f4tres. Par exemple, l&rsquo;ann\u00e9e derni\u00e8re, le lait reconstitu\u00e9 du Guyana a fait l&rsquo;objet d&rsquo;un examen minutieux sur deux march\u00e9s de la CARICOM. On peut se demander si les \u00c9tats membres appliquent le m\u00eame niveau d&rsquo;exigence aux produits provenant de march\u00e9s extra-r\u00e9gionaux.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: normal\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;font-weight: normal\">Face \u00e0 l&rsquo;incertitude qui r\u00e8gne dans le commerce mondial, notamment sur le march\u00e9 am\u00e9ricain, les Cara\u00efbes doivent redoubler d&rsquo;efforts et accro\u00eetre strat\u00e9giquement leur commerce int\u00e9rieur, en privil\u00e9giant les \u00e9changes Sud-Sud. Toutefois, le d\u00e9veloppement du commerce intrar\u00e9gional n&rsquo;est pas la seule solution\u00a0; il est indispensable d&rsquo;am\u00e9liorer consid\u00e9rablement nos infrastructures, de mettre en place des routes commerciales r\u00e9guli\u00e8res et fiables, d&rsquo;harmoniser nos politiques commerciales et d&rsquo;investir dans la cr\u00e9ation de cha\u00eenes d&rsquo;approvisionnement r\u00e9gionales pour les principales industries carib\u00e9ennes proposant des produits de niche. Il est \u00e9galement essentiel que nos produits soient conformes aux normes internationales reconnues afin de garantir leur acc\u00e8s aux march\u00e9s.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;font-weight: normal\">Mais pour que les Carib\u00e9ens connaissent ces produits, il faut qu&rsquo;ils aillent les d\u00e9couvrir par eux-m\u00eames. Et que dire du potentiel du tourisme culinaire et communautaire dans les \u00eeles de Grenade, de Trinit\u00e9-et-Tobago, de la Jama\u00efque ou de Sainte-Lucie\u00a0! Cependant, des am\u00e9liorations logistiques majeures sont indispensables pour le transport des personnes, que ce soit par voie a\u00e9rienne ou maritime. C&rsquo;est pourquoi la dynamique de la libre circulation ne peut se limiter \u00e0 quatre \u00c9tats membres. La pleine libert\u00e9 de circulation dans tous les \u00c9tats membres de la CARICOM est ce qui ouvrira v\u00e9ritablement la voie \u00e0 une collaboration, des investissements, des \u00e9changes commerciaux et des liens entre les populations renforc\u00e9s dans toute la r\u00e9gion.<\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3><em><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;font-weight: normal\">Salutations,<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n<h3><em><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit\"><span dir=\"auto\" style=\"vertical-align: inherit;font-weight: normal\">Dr A.S. Kai-Ann Skeete<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h3>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kaieuteur News January 2006 marked the official start of the CARICOM Single Market after its launch in Kingston, Jamaica. Then, we were hopeful that the Caribbean would see the benefits of the free movement of goods, labour, capital and services across the region. Late 2025 brought a welcomed development when Barbados, Belize, Dominica and St.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":89037,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":"","rank_math_focus_keyword":"","rank_math_title":"","rank_math_description":"","rank_math_canonical_url":"","rank_math_robots":null,"rank_math_facebook_title":"","rank_math_facebook_description":"","rank_math_twitter_title":"","rank_math_twitter_description":""},"categories":[1373],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-88740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-caraibe"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=88740"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89038,"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/88740\/revisions\/89038"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89037"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=88740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=88740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/antilla-martinique.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=88740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}