Services Scoop is the pioneering trade magazine of the Caribbean. This magazine highlights the critical yet underrated role the services sector plays in the Caribbean’s economic development. Services Scoop explores how the region can better realize trade in services and seize regional and international opportunities and showcases regional success stories. The objective of this publication is to raise awareness on the value and quality of the regional services sector and the potential of trade in services. This world-class, informative magazine is the annual publication of the Caribbean Network of Service Coalitions (CNSC).

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11. four ways for trading services
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12. D id You Kno
w?
...you can export your services
without leaving your office?
...even the smallest of
businesses can export?
...by having a world-class
website, you might attract
world-class clients?
...partnering is one the most
strategic moves you can make to
enter a new market?
...exporting services requires
strong skills in networking,
relationship selling and
credibility building?
The purpose of the
agreement is more than just
making trade possible – it’s
about making trade happen.
Pascal Lamy
Director General, World Trade Organization at
the Second Regional Review on Aid
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13. Services exports are
equivalent to more than 50%
of gross domestic product
(GDP) in most CARICOM
States and as much as over
90% in some states.
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31. CARIFORUM-EC Economic
Partnership Agreement
Member States of the
European Union
Belgium Greece Poland
Bulgaria Ireland Portugal
Czech Republic Italy Romania
Cyprus Latvia Slovenia
Denmark Lithuania Slovakia
Estonia Luxemburg Spain
Finland Hungary Sweden
France Malta United
Kingdom
Germany Netherlands
CARIFORUM-EC Economic
Partnership Agreement
CARIFORUM States
Antigua and Dominican St. Kitts and
Barbuda Republic Nevis
The Bahamas Grenada Saint Lucia
Barbados Guyana St. Vincent
and the
Grenadines
Belize Haiti Suriname
Dominica Jamaica
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38. The Caribbean Network of
Service Coalitions
Notwithstanding the
fact that the services
sector of the Community
is the largest in terms
of employment, share
of total output, and
trade, it is characterised
by fragmentation of
effort and lack of
a common focus to
increase international
competitiveness. Further,
it often appears that
the interests of the
stakeholders are too
diverse to foster its overall
development. Therefore,
it is indispensible that
the service sector
stakeholders be organised.
His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Secretary General
of CARICOM at the launch of the Belize Coalition of
Service Providers
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40. Goods and Services as a
percentage of GDP 2010
Goods
Producing
Industry
24%
Services
Industry 76%
The Services Sector
Strategy and
Expansion Plan
3 year plan
Executable
Participatory process
Achievable, time bound 
and measureable
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54. EPA Contact Points
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