CARIFORUM–United Kingdom Economic Partnership Agreement

CARIFORUM–United Kingdom Economic Partnership Agreement
Economic Partnership Agreement between the CARIFORUM States and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
  CARIFORUM States
  United Kingdom
TypeFree Trade Agreement and Economic Integration Agreement
ContextTrade continuity agreement between the United Kingdom and CARIFORUM states
Signed22 March 2019
LocationCastries, Saint Lucia
Effective1 January 2021
Negotiators
  • Alexis Downes-Amsterdam
  • Paul Whittingham
Original
signatories
Parties
DepositaryForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Languages

The CARIFORUM–United Kingdom Economic Partnership Agreement is a plurilateral free trade agreement between the United Kingdom and Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago, designed to promote trade, investment, and sustainable development. It largely replicates the existing European Union–CARIFORUM States Economic Partnership Agreement framework, maintaining preferential trade access, with the CARIFORUM. The agreement is part of the UK's strategy to maintain and enhance trade relationships with developing countries following its departure from the European Union.