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THE CARIBBEAN region requires special attention from the
People’s Republic of China, according to former Caribbean diplomat, Sir Ronald Sanders. The Guyana-born diplomat and columnist was speaking Wednesday at a “China-Latin American Forum” in the Chinese capital, Beijing.
He told the Forum that “it would not be correct for China to place Caribbean countries in the same conditions as many Latin American nations”.
The ‘think-tank’ event was organised to discuss “business and investment co-operation between Latin America and the Caribbean,’ and ‘how to advance holistic co-operation’ between the two regions.
Sanders argued that “while efforts at integration of Latin America and the Caribbean have started, they are at “a very early stage of overcoming historical obstacles and impediments, and the smaller Caribbean economies continue to require special attention”.
A Senior Research Fellow at London University, Sanders noted that “in the last decade, most Caribbean countries have not enjoyed the same levels of economic growth, investment and trade as their Latin counterparts”, and any attempt to treat them “holistically” with Latin American countries would place them at a disadvantage.
The Forum was organised by the China Foundation for International Studies and the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs. It was attended by ministers and senior officials of the Chinese government, as well as representatives of major Chinese commercial companies and diplomats.
People’s Republic of China, according to former Caribbean diplomat, Sir Ronald Sanders. The Guyana-born diplomat and columnist was speaking Wednesday at a “China-Latin American Forum” in the Chinese capital, Beijing.
He told the Forum that “it would not be correct for China to place Caribbean countries in the same conditions as many Latin American nations”.
The ‘think-tank’ event was organised to discuss “business and investment co-operation between Latin America and the Caribbean,’ and ‘how to advance holistic co-operation’ between the two regions.
Sanders argued that “while efforts at integration of Latin America and the Caribbean have started, they are at “a very early stage of overcoming historical obstacles and impediments, and the smaller Caribbean economies continue to require special attention”.
A Senior Research Fellow at London University, Sanders noted that “in the last decade, most Caribbean countries have not enjoyed the same levels of economic growth, investment and trade as their Latin counterparts”, and any attempt to treat them “holistically” with Latin American countries would place them at a disadvantage.
The Forum was organised by the China Foundation for International Studies and the Chinese People’s Institute of Foreign Affairs. It was attended by ministers and senior officials of the Chinese government, as well as representatives of major Chinese commercial companies and diplomats.
