Caribbean Seminar Series: European and Caribbean? The European Union’s Policy to the Caribbean Overseas Countries and Territories
17 March 2010, 17:00 - 19:00
- Event Type:
- Seminar
- Speakers:
- Paul Sutton, London Metropolitan University
Dr Paul Sutton is Research Professor in Caribbean Studies in the Centre for Caribbean Studies at London Metropolitan University. He has written extensively on the international relations and development policies of the Caribbean and has acted as a consultant for international organisations on Caribbean issues and as an advisor to the British government on its policy in the region. His publications include studies of European Union policy in the Caribbean, notably Europe and the Caribbean (1991).
- Venue:
- Room G32 (Senate House, Ground Floor)
- Venue Details:
South Block of Senate House, Ground Floor
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Description
The European Union (EU) is presently developing a new approach to the British and Dutch Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) in the Caribbean in order to link in with the new approach to the independent countries of the region set out in the recently concluded Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). The EPA seeks closer ties with the OCT and the French Overseas Departments and some exploratory meetings have already taken place to see how this could best be done. The EU is keen to support these closer links but also argues that it needs a distinctive policy the OCTs different to that for the independent Caribbean territories. The presentation will explore the proposals and discussion on the content of a new policy to the OCTs and examine whether the new policy may work against developing closer ties within the Caribbean rather than improving and developing them as is hoped.
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