On 16 December, 2007 the European Commission initialled an Economic Partnership Agreement with Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Christopher and Nevis, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago (the Cariforum countries) covering all areas under negotiation.

This comprehensive trade and development agreement covers goods trade, services and investment as well as a wide range of trade-related areas. Sustainable development and regional integration are major themes running through this agreement which includes development cooperation provisions and links into the EU Aid for Trade Strategy.

CARIFORUM and the EU have finalised the technical correction and legal formatting of the agreement which is now being made public. On this website you will find the full text of the agreement, its annexes and its protocols.

Click on the links to view the agreement, the annexes and the agreement protocols.

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