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JAN YVES REMY

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JAN YVES REMY publications

“Dispute Settlement at the WTO: How Did We Get Here and What’s Next for Commonwealth States?” Trade Hot Topics (Commonwealth Secretariat): (Issue 166/September 2020): Available at: https://thecommonwealth.org/sites/default/files/inline/THT_166_UPDF.pdf
“Our Trade Vulnerability Index Explained: Why, What, How and What’s Next” Co-authored with Jason Cotton (CDB) (August 2020). Available at: https://www.afronomicslaw.org/2020/08/19/our-trade-vulnerability-index-explained-why-what-how-and-whats-next/
“COVID-19 Makes the Case for Our Trade Vulnerability Index” (May 2020). (co-authored with Cotton, J. Jason, and Alicia Nicholls (Available at Afronomics Law Blog: https://www.afronomicslaw.org/2020/05/10/covid-19-makes-the-case-for-our-trade-vulnerability-index/)
“The Belt and Road Initiative and the Caribbean-China Investment Policy Framework” in Caribbean Perspectives on the Belt and Road Initiative (UWI-GLOBAL Belt and Road Research Bulletin, January 2020) (Co-authored with Alicia Nicholls)
“Closing the Gender Divide Through Trade Rules” (October 2019), CIGI Publication
“Mainstreaming Gender in Trade Agreements (October 2018), CIGI Publication
SRC Working Papers/Policy Documents (available at: https://shridathramphalcentre.com/src-research-papers/ ):
- Postscript to “Trading Our Way to Recovery During COVID-19”: My Thoughts on how CARICOM can implement our recommendations (November 2020)
- Trading Without Borders: Celebrating the Association of Caribbean States and Unlocking its Full Potential (November 2020) (co-authored with Chelcee Brathwaite)
- SRC Policy Document: Trading our way to Recovery During COVID-19: Recommendations for CARICOM Countries (October 2020) (co-authored with Chelcee Brathwaite and Alicia Nicholls)
- SRC Policy Brief: Diagnostic Review of E-commerce Related Policies Initiatives and Legislation Across CARICOM (June 2020) (co-authored with Chelcee Brathwaite)
- Using A Trade Vulnerability Index to Determine Eligibility for Developing-Country Status at The WTO (September 2019) (co-authored with Jason Cotton and Alicia Nicholls)
SRC Trading Thoughts (available here: https://shridathramphalcentre.com/category/src-trading/), including:
- The EU’s Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism and CARICOM: https://shridathramphalcentre.com/the-eus-carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism-and-caricom/
- Should CARICOM Countries support a WTO TRIPS Waiver to Access the COVID-19 Vaccine? (co-authored with Mustaqeem De Gama) December 2020 (https://shridathramphalcentre.com/should-caricom-countries-support-a-wto-trips-waiver-to-access-the-covid-19-vaccine/ )
- A WTO Trade Response for CARICOM to Counter EU Blacklisting (co-authored with Alicia Nicholls) December 2020 (https://shridathramphalcentre.com/a-wto-trade-response-for-caricom-to-counter-eu-blacklisting/ )
- “Unlocking the Full Potential of the Association of Caribbean States” (November 2020) Co-authored with Chelcee Brathwaite
- “Lessons from the Appellate Body’s Parting Shot in the WTO Tobacco Plain Packaging Dispute”, June 2020 (https://shridathramphalcentre.com/lessons-from-the-appellate-bodys-parting-shot-in-the-wto-tobacco-plain-packaging-dispute/ )
- “Heeding Prime Minister Mottley’s Clarion Call for a Vulnerability Index”. SRC Trading Thoughts Column. Co-authored with J. Jason Cotton (CDB) and Alicia Nicholls. May 2020. https://shridathramphalcentre.com/heeding-prime-minister-mottleys-clarion-call-for-a-vulnerability-index/.
- “What the new Appeal-Arbitration System Might Mean for the Future of WTO Dispute Settlement” April 2020 (https://shridathramphalcentre.com/cure-or-curse-the-new-appeal-arbitration-system-in-wto-dispute-settlement/ )
- “What COVID-19 Teaches About Caribbean Vulnerability and Resilience”. Co-authored with Alicia Nicholls and Chelcee Brathwaite. (April 2020) https://shridathramphalcentre.com/what-covid-19-teaches-about-caribbean-vulnerability-and-resilience/.
- “CCJ Advisory Opinion Endorses Differentiated Approach to Free Movement in CARICOM”. SRC Trading Thoughts Column. Co-authored with Alicia Nicholls (March 2020). https://shridathramphalcentre.com/ccj-advisory-opinion-endorses-differentiated-approach-to-free-movement-in-caricom/.
- “Opting Out” of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas? The Significance of the CCJ’s Pending Advisory Opinion”. co-authored with Alicia Nicholls (November 2019) https://shridathramphalcentre.com/opting-out-of-the-revised-treaty-of-chaguaramas-the-significance-of-the-ccjs-pending-advisory-opinion/.
- “Why the WTO Appellate Body Crisis Matters to the Caribbean” (Nov 2019) (co-authored with Alicia Nicholls: https://shridathramphalcentre.com/why-the-wto-appellate-body-crisis-matters-to-the-caribbean/
- “Cement saga confirms importance of CCJ to CARICOM” co-authored with Alicia Nicholls (September 2019)

The United States and the Caribbean: New Opportunities for Strategic Engagement

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Post date September 14, 2021
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On Thursday 9th September, 2021, the UWI Institute of International Relations (IIR) in collaboration with the Caribbean Policy Consortium (CPC) held a virtual Webinar entitled “The United States and the Caribbean: New Opportunities for Strategic Engagement”

The event was moderated by Professor Jessica Byron, Director, IIR, and featured the following panelists and topics:

A New Paradigm for US-Caribbean Engagement

Professor Ivelaw Griffith Fellow, Caribbean Policy Consortium

VENEZUELA: Challenges and Opportunities

Brigadier General (ret.) Boris Saavedra Associate Professor, Perry Center for Hemispheric Defense Studies, Washington D.C

CUBA: Challenges and Opportunities

Professor Carlos Alzugaray Former Cuban Ambassador and Professor, Instituto Superior de Relaciones Internacionales, Havana, Cuba

HAITI: Challenges and Opportunities

Dr. Georges Fauriol Fellow, Caribbean Policy Consortium

Blue Economy Resilience

Professor Anthony Bryan Former Director, IIR, and Fellow, Caribbean Policy Consortium

CLIMATE RESILIENCE: Challenges and Opportunities

Professor Norman Munroe Professor, Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Florida International University

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Governance and Electoral Continuity and Change in the Caribbean”

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Post date June 17, 2021
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On Thursday 17th June, 2021, the Institute of International Relations (IIR) in collaboration with the Caribbean Policy Consortium (CPC) held a virtual Webinar entitled “Governance and Electoral Continuity and Change in the Caribbean: Retrospect and Prospect 2020-2021”

The event was moderated by Professor Jessica Byron, Director, IIR, and featured the following panelists and topics:

Panelists

“Guyana’s Electoral Saga: Implications for Governance in a Plural Society”

Cynthia Barrow-Giles, Senior Lecturer, The UWI, Cave Hill

“Behind the altars of populism and power sharing: Electoral outcomes and Prospects for Stability in post-Bouterse Suriname”

Jack Menke, Professor, Anton de Kom University

“Elections and Governance in Trinidad and Tobago”

Hamid Ghany, Professor and Director, SALISES, The UWI, St Augustine

“Dynamics of Electoral Change in Haiti and the Dominican Republic”

Georges Fauriol, CPC Fellow

“Political Continuity and Policy Adaptation in Jamaica”

Earl Moxam, Political Analyst, RJRGleaner, Jamaica

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Geopolitical Competition and Cooperation in the Caribbean in the Age of COVID-19

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Post date June 2, 2021
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With a special emphasis on the English-Speaking Caribbean, the LACC/CPC Caribbean Policy Series includes three webinars with experts from the Greater Caribbean region, moderated by FIU faculty and CPC members, and a series of policy-oriented papers addressing economic, political, and strategic matters in the region that will be published electronically by LACC. The LACC/CPC Caribbean Policy Series is part of LACC’s renewed commitment to expand programming related to the English-Speaking Caribbean, a sub-region with phenomenal human capacities, strong democratic institutions and incredibly rich socio-cultural and environmental diversity.

Summary

The Caribbean has enduring geopolitical value and COVID-19 added to its complexity. This webinar examines the geopolitical landscape of the contemporary Caribbean, China’s growing influence and other outside actors, COVID-19 and pandemic diplomacy, US interests, and strategic resource wealth, management, competition, and access.

Dr. Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith’s paper, “Health Geopolitics in the Contemporary Caribbean,” which is part of the LACC Caribbean Working Paper Series, can be accessed HERE

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Panelists

Dr. Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith
Senior Associate, Americas Program, Center for Strategic and International Studies and Fellow, Caribbean Policy Consortium

Dr. Elena Cyrus
Assistant Professor, Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Central Florida

Ambassador G. Philip Hughes
Faculty, The Institute of World Politics and Fellow, Caribbean Policy Consortium

Bruce Zagaris
Partner, Berliner Corcoran & Rowe LLP and Fellow, Caribbean Policy Consortium

Moderator

Hon. Luis Guillermo Solís
Interim Director, Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, Florida International University and former President of Costa Rica

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The Southern Caribbean Energy Matrix and the Consequences of the Regional Push for Renewable Energy

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Post date March 4, 2021
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Presenter

Dr. Anthony T. Bryan

Professor Emeritus at the Institute of International Relations of the University of The West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago; Senior Associate of the Center for Strategic and International Studies; and Fellow, Caribbean Policy Consortium
March 4, 2021

Summary

The current energy landscape of the Southern Caribbean and Northern South America is complex. The Guyana-Suriname Basin (GSB) is emerging as the Holy Grail of new oil provinces. In trying to achieve cooperation in energy security and complete the transition from dependence on fossil fuels, there are game changing financial opportunities for the Southern Caribbean and Northern South America. Concurrently, there are serious challenges and impacts on domestic economies, political governance, energy security, geopolitics, regional and international cooperation, and environmental protections.

Continued investment by the international oil companies (IOCs) in the GSB, and national oil company (NOC) investment in northern South America are the current exceptions to the global trend of a shift from fossil fuels to renewable energy. Oil and gas will be around for decades to come, but the warning signs are clear. We are witnessing a dress rehearsal for a structural decline in the oil and gas industry that can threaten traditional resource development models.

Agencies in the GSB countries responsible for the petroleum sector, finance ministries involved in planning, and political leaders will need to adjust their goals and acknowledge the risks inherent in this volatile sector. It is important for them to understand the changes, work with different scenarios to support their planning, and update their policies and systems. A more fundamental re-evaluation of policy goals may also be necessary. The risks associated with fiscal dependence on the fossil fuel sector should be clearly understood. The old mantra of economic diversification is emphasized.

Read Working Paper HERE

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Panelists

Dr. Anthony Bryan

Professor and Senior Fellow, Institute of International Relations, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago and Fellow, Caribbean Policy Consortium

Dr. Thackwray “Dax” Driver

Chief Executive Officer, Energy Chamber of Trinidad and Tobago

Dr. Norman Munroe

Professor, Mechanical and Materials Engineering and Director, Office of Student Access and Success and Center for Diversity in Engineering and Computing, Florida International University

Dr. Lorraine Sobers

Lecturer, Department of Chemical Engineering, Petroleum Studies Unit, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago and Fellow, Caribbean Policy Consortium

Moderator

Dr. Anthony Maingot

Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Florida International University

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The Caribbean Potential: Reimagining the Region’s Policy Frameworks

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Post date January 14, 2021
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This webinar is part of the LACC/CPC Caribbean Policy Series. With a special emphasis on the Anglophone Caribbean, the series includes three webinars with experts from the Greater Caribbean region, moderated by FIU faculty and CPC members, and a series of policy-oriented papers addressing economic, political, and strategic matters in the region that will be published electronically by LACC. The LACC/CPC Caribbean Policy Series is part of LACC’s renewed commitment to expand programming related to the Anglophone Caribbean, a sub-region with phenomenal human capacities, strong democratic institutions and incredibly rich socio-cultural and environmental diversity.

Summary

The Caribbean is marked by an abundance of natural resources and opportunities for international investment, but also faces challenges related to security, infrastructure, sustainable development, energy, and governance. Panelists analyze the importance of Anglophone Caribbean political, economic, and strategic policy, and discuss its unique advantages and challenges related to global power politics; trade and technological asymmetries; energy sector expansion in oil and gas; and climate change.

Dr. Georges A. Fauriol’s paper, “The Caribbean Potential: Reimagining the Region’s Policy Frameworks,” which is part of the LACC Caribbean Working Paper Series, can be accessed HERE

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Panelists

Dr. Georges A. Fauriol
Former Vice President of Grants Operations and Evaluation, National Endowment for Democracy and Fellow, Caribbean Policy Consortium

Ambassador Dr. Richard L. Bernal, OJ
Former Pro-Vice Chancellor of Global Affairs, University of the West Indies, Jamaica and Fellow, Caribbean Policy Consortium

Dr. Jessica Byron-Reid
Professor and Director of the University of the West Indies Institute of International Relations, Trinidad & Tobago and Fellow, Caribbean Policy Consortium

Daniel P. Erikson
Senior Fellow, Penn Biden Center for Diplomacy and Global Engagement

Andrea M. Ewart, Esq.
Attorney and Founder, DevelopTradeLaw, LLC and Fellow, Caribbean Policy Consortium

Moderator

Dr. David E. Lewis
Vice President, Manchester Trade Limited and Fellow, Caribbean Policy Consortium