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Biosafety regulatory efforts in the Caribbean remain stalled, and it is yet to be seen whether countries can regain the will and secure the international financing required to fully implement their National Biosafety Frameworks in a harmonized manner.

Eager to put the COVID-19 pandemic behind it, the Caribbean is doing all it can to attract visitors and kick-start its tourism sector in 2021.

U.S. exports of consumer-oriented products to Aruba reached an all-time high of $74 million in 2016 and are on pace to reach another record level in 2017.

The United States exported over $1 Billion in U.S. consumer-oriented foods and fish products to the Caribbean Basin in 2016.

Biotech regulations have been virtually non-existent in the Caribbean. However, that may change in the years ahead....

U.S. exports of consumer-oriented products to Trinidad and Tobago have experienced ten percent average annual growth over the past five years, reaching an all-time-high of $237.7 million in 2015.