Across
- 1. Canada must level the playing field and ensure that its exporters and investors have competitive terms of access to international markets
- 3. special areas within the customs territory of the Community. Goods placed within these areas are free of import duties, VAT and other import charges
- 6. This court is expected to serve as a court of last resort for Caribbean states, eventually replacing the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the United Kingdom
- 7. a product of the desire of the 28 Contracting States, Countries and Territories of the Greater Caribbean to enhance cooperation within the region
- 8. is awarded to companies that have achieved safety excellence by developing and implementing an effective Occupational Health & Safety Program (or System) within their organization
- 14. failed shortly thereafter in the early 1980s
- 16. the official currency of the eight political states in the Organization of Eastern Caribbean states (OECS)
- 17. is a biennial summit meeting of the heads of government from all Commonwealth nations.
- 18. was established by the Treaty of Basseterre
- 19. often emerges from an initial agreement between a number of separate states
- 20. the only international organization dealing with the global rules of trade between nations
- 21. is a multilateral agreement regulating international trade.
Down
- 1. groups of countries that share a single money
- 2. A measure that financial lenders use as a rule of thumb to give a preliminary assessment of whether a potential borrower is already in too much debt
- 4. The value of the currency fluctuates according to market forces and can change from day to day
- 5. The Fixed or pegged rate is a rate the government (central bank) of a country or group of countries sets and maintains as the official exchange rate
- 8. When a group of countries form a customs union they must introduce a common external tariff
- 9. established the Caribbean Community and Common Market, later known as CARICOM
- 10. a free trade area which comprises the entire continent and favors the progressive elimination of trade and investment barriers in the region.
- 11. coordinating economic policies and development planning; devising and instituting special projects for the less-developed countries within its jurisdiction
- 12. It will create one large market among the participating member states.
- 13. "The Fund"
- 15. a CARICOM approved award that represents achievement of a set of competencies which define core work practices of an occupational area
- 21. an economic and political organization designed to bring about discussion and effect change among the world's most powerful nations