Jay Cohen
07-04-2007, 10:29 PM
The reason this is such an important appearance is the Ways and Means Committee has primary jurisdiction over trade issues.
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CARICOM is composed of nations of the Caribbean and West Indies and include Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago.
At the summit nations expressed their strong support with Antigua over the Internet gambling matter.
Chairman of the US Congress' Ways and Means Committee Charles Rangel also joined Caribbean leaders at the summit.
Minister of Finance and the Economy, Dr. Errol Cort, announced at the end of last month's conference on the Caribbean in Washington that Rangel would attend the meeting and sure enough, he did.
After last month's conference, Dr. Cort described Rangel as "very sympathetic to the Caribbean region" and supportive of Antigua & Barbuda's position on market access for the Internet gambling industry.
Rangel was welcomed as a "friend of the Caribbean" to the meeting in Barbados by Caricom Secretary General Edwin Carrington and as "a vital partner to the region" by incoming Chairman of Caricom and Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur.
According to Arthur, Rangel's presence at the meeting would facilitate dialogue between the region and the US, building on the Washington Conference. ..........click for the rest
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CARICOM is composed of nations of the Caribbean and West Indies and include Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname and Trinidad & Tobago.
At the summit nations expressed their strong support with Antigua over the Internet gambling matter.
Chairman of the US Congress' Ways and Means Committee Charles Rangel also joined Caribbean leaders at the summit.
Minister of Finance and the Economy, Dr. Errol Cort, announced at the end of last month's conference on the Caribbean in Washington that Rangel would attend the meeting and sure enough, he did.
After last month's conference, Dr. Cort described Rangel as "very sympathetic to the Caribbean region" and supportive of Antigua & Barbuda's position on market access for the Internet gambling industry.
Rangel was welcomed as a "friend of the Caribbean" to the meeting in Barbados by Caricom Secretary General Edwin Carrington and as "a vital partner to the region" by incoming Chairman of Caricom and Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur.
According to Arthur, Rangel's presence at the meeting would facilitate dialogue between the region and the US, building on the Washington Conference. ..........click for the rest