The View from Europe: The cashless society
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now If you read the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post or some of the world’s other heavyweight newspapers, you may have seen in recent months, articles discussing the abolition of…
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The good, the bad and the ugly – Mr Trump and the Caribbean
By David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contributor From Dominican Today Globalisation touches us all. Its reach extends far beyond economic issues. It has in just a few decades made industries, markets, cultures, policy-making and criminality interconnected in ways previously…
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The View from Europe: A messy divorce – Brexit, the EU and the Caribbean
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now Sometime this year, most probably in June or September, the UK electorate will be asked if they want to remain in, or leave the European Union (EU). Although common sense would suggest that there…
The View from Europe: Citizenship programmes – more work to be done
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now Last July, the Financial Times contained as a paid for insert, a glossy brochure offering citizenship-by-investment in the Caribbean. It was little different in style to the advertising one sees for mega yachts,…
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The View from Europe: Europe’s changing priorities
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now In Europe, a far-reaching and multi-faceted policy review is underway that is likely to result in a significant change in European priorities. This process began last June when the EU’s High Representative (effectively…
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The View from Europe: CARICOM and climate change
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now On December 12 in Paris, France’s foreign minister, Laurent Fabius, brought to a close the UN climate change conference, COP 21. “I now invite the COP to adopt the decision entitled Paris Agreement…
A special relationship
By David Jessop, Dominican Today senior Op-Ed contribuitor Each year the elected leaders of Britain’s overseas territories (OTs) gather from around the world to meet with British Ministers in London. Their objective is to discuss the continuing partnership with the…
The View from Europe: Europe to consider future of ACP relationship
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now In a matter of days, the European Commission will launch a communication (policy paper) on the options for post-Cotonou arrangements with the ACP; the grouping that brings together 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific…
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The View from Europe: Climate change, the Pope and the Caribbean
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now In a little over a month’s time, negotiators from around the world will gather in Paris to try to reach a final and globally binding agreement on a new treaty on climate change….
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The View from Europe: Little time left to act on US tax bill
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now The Caribbean has just 18 congressional working days from Sunday September 20 to try to have the US Congress or the District of Colombia address an act naming 17 Caribbean nations as “tax…
