Enhancing the Contribution of Preferential Trade Agreements to Inclusive and Equitable Trade in the Caribbean

8:30 am        ​Registration

9:00 am        Welcome Address

• Dr Damien King (Senior Lecturer and Head of Department of Economics)
• Mr Andrea Pellandra (Economic Affairs Officer, ECLAC Santiago)

9:15 am        ​Empirical Evidence of the Social and Income Distribution Effects of trade Policy: Transmission Channels and Case Studies

• Mr Andrea Pellandra (Economic Affairs Officer, ECLAC Santiago)

9:45 am        Discussion

10:00 am        An Assessment of the Performance of CARICOM Extra-regional Trade Agreements

• Mr Sheldon McLean (ECLAC Subregional Office for the Caribbean, Port-of-Spain)

10:30 am        Discussion

10:45 am        Coffee Break

11:15 am        Trade Liberalization in Jamaica

• Dr Marie Freckleton (Senior Lecturer, Department of Economics)

11:45 am         Discussion

12:00 noon     Round Table: Ideas for Research Agenda on the Social Effects of Trade Policy in Jamaica