CARIFORUM

The Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) is a subgroup of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States and serves as a base for economic dialogue with the European Union. It was established in 1992. Its membership comprises the 15 Caribbean Community states, along with the Dominican Republic.^[1] In 2008, they signed an Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union, though Guyana and Haiti had expressed reservations and did not attend the signing ceremony.^[2] Tensions within the group have grown over issues of trade and immigration; the Dominican Republic, with the group's largest economy, has expressed reservations over its current structure.^[1]

See also

• EU-African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States
• ACP-EU Development Cooperation
• EU-ACP Economic Partnership Agreements
• ACP–EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly
• Economic Partnership Agreements (EPA) with the ACP countries

References

Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Secretariat (Secretary-General)
Members	Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas1 Barbados Belize Dominica Grenada Guyana Haiti1 Jamaica Montserrat2 St. Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines Suriname Trinidad and Tobago
Associate members	Anguilla Bermuda British Virgin Islands Cayman Islands Turks and Caicos Islands
Observers	Aruba Colombia Curaçao Dominican Republic Mexico Puerto Rico Sint Maarten Venezuela
Institutions	Common Fund for Commodities (CFC) Court of Justice (CCJ) Disaster Emergency Management (CDEMA) Examinations Council (CXC) Meteorological Institute (CMI) Meteorological Organisation (CMO) Public Health Agency (CARPHA) Single Market and Economy (CSME)
Related organizations	CARIFORUM Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
1 Member of the Community but not of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) 2 British overseas territory awaiting entrustment to join the CSME

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