EU relations with Caribbean - A new Caribbean economy beckons
Late last November when Commonwealth leaders met in Malta, a blunt exchange took place between Caribbean heads of government and the British Prime Minister, Tony Blair.
It reflected a sense, then preva-lent across the region, that the United Kingdom could have done more with its European Union (EU) counterparts to ameliorate the impact of the European Commission's (EC) proposal to cut the price of sugar by 36 per cent over three years. More generally, the anger reflected a pent up sense that Britain had lost all interest in the region.
In most respects, this was based on an unrealistic assumption about the extent of Britain's interests in the Caribbean and London's ability to obtain support for its views in an enlarged Europe.
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