Cuba was represented by Marta Castillo, an official of the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, in Regional Trade Policy Course for the Caribbean countries sponsored by the World Trade Organization (WTO), which took place in Barbados from April 3 to May 27, 2016 with the attendance of delegates from more than 25 countries in the region.
The course, which was held at the University of West Indies, covered all horizontal themes and negotiation processes in the WTO. Similarly it delved into the regional dimension of trade and the importance of integration and complementation in the region.
The Cuba-Caricom relations were also analyzed in the discussions of the course and in that context participants stressed the role played by Cuba in the process of regional integration and agreed on the need for the elimination of the US blockade as an indispensable element for our country´s participation in international trade on equal terms to all other WTO members.