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Guyana hints at trade barriers against T&T
GUYANA has hinted at the possibility of imposing restrictions on Trinidad and Tobago, along with other Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries, if they continue to impose barriers that hinder the export of Guyanese products within the 15-member regional integration grouping.“It’s time for reciprocity in many areas. If you don’t take our stuff, we’re not going to allow free access to your products,” Vice-President Bharrat Jagdeo told the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) Presentation Awards Dinner on Thursday night.
His statement was made in response to a concern raised by Lesley Ramlall, a local manufacturer behind the Only Coconuts brand.
Ramlall told Jagdeo that the company has been unable to export even a single bottle of coconut oil to Trinidad and Tobago, even as its products were being accepted in other Caricom countries and further afield.Jagdeo, in acknowledging the concern, noted it is a long-standing issue and that such issues must be raised in the public domain to place pressure on countries acting against the cooperative spirit of Caricom.
Speaking directly to GMSA president Ramsay Ali, Jagdeo said: “You have to raise it… raise the issues. That’s how we have to work; we’re not going to take this nonsense. They do this a lot. They use phytosanitary restrictions as a trade barrier.
GUYANA has hinted at the possibility of imposing restrictions on Trinidad and Tobago, along with other Caribbean Community (Caricom) countries, if they continue to impose barriers that hinder the export of Guyanese products within the 15-member regional integration grouping.“It’s time for reciprocity in many areas. If you don’t take our stuff, we’re not going to allow free access to your products,” Vice-President Bharrat Jagdeo told the Guyana Manufacturing and Services Association (GMSA) Presentation Awards Dinner on Thursday night.
His statement was made in response to a concern raised by Lesley Ramlall, a local manufacturer behind the Only Coconuts brand.
Ramlall told Jagdeo that the company has been unable to export even a single bottle of coconut oil to Trinidad and Tobago, even as its products were being accepted in other Caricom countries and further afield.Jagdeo, in acknowledging the concern, noted it is a long-standing issue and that such issues must be raised in the public domain to place pressure on countries acting against the cooperative spirit of Caricom.
Speaking directly to GMSA president Ramsay Ali, Jagdeo said: “You have to raise it… raise the issues. That’s how we have to work; we’re not going to take this nonsense. They do this a lot. They use phytosanitary restrictions as a trade barrier.
