date:Aug 08, 2012
tion:The governments of CARICOM member states and the Dominican Republic have already expressed their concerns in writing to the USA.
Threat to competitiveness
Their rum industry competitiveness was threatened byhuge subsidies being given by the USVI and Puerto Rico to their respective rum industries,Ward said. The inference is that other nations cannot compete on price.
CARICOM heads of government communique issued following a July meeting underlined their serious concerns regarding such sub