Bdos: COTED orders Bajans to drop license on T&T goods

BARBADOS has been ordered to remove, as soon as is practicable, the recently imposed licence regime for goods imported from Trinidad and Tobago.

Trade and Industry Minister Ken Valley told yesterday's post-Cabinet meeting at Whitehall, Maraval Road, Port of Spain, the orders came from Caricom's Council of Trade and Economic Development (COTED) Meeting in Belize last week.

Barbados Prime Minister Owen Arthur announced the need for the special licence to be granted to Trinidad and Tobago goods entering his country following the arrests of two Barbadian fishermen allegedly found fishing illegally in Trinidad and Tobago waters last month.

COTED waffles a bit in the "as soon as is practicable" rather than ordering an immediate removal.