Caribbean Free Trade Association

found: Agreement establishing the Caribbean Free Trade Association. Caribbean Free Trade ... 1968?

found: Caribbean Community. CARICOM, the Caribbean Community, 1977?:page 2 (The Caribbean Community or CARICOM; began in 1965 when Antigua, Barbados and Guyana set up the Caribbean Free Trade Association; in 1967, heads of government of the region agreed to form a Caribbean Community; the central Secretariat is headed by a Secretary-General; headquartered in Guyana; the new CARIFTA agreement came into force May 1, 1968 with the same countries plus Trinidad and Tobago; then grew to twelve countries; the Windward and Leeward Islands formed a sub-group known as the Eastern Caribbean Common Market (ECCM) within the wider framework of CARIFTA) page 4 (in 1972, the heads of government decided to evolve CARIFTA into the Caribbean Community; CARICOM was formed in 1973 to promote the economic development of each single member country and the region as a whole)