WTO Deputy Director-General Visits The OECS

Ms. Johanna Hill, Deputy Director-General (DDG) of the World Trade Organization (WTO), made an official visit to the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) from August 19-21, 2024. Ms. Hill traveled to Grenada on August 19 and to Saint Lucia on August 21, where she held discussions with public and private sector officials, as well as representatives of the OECS Commission. During the visit, Ms. Hill took the opportunity to discuss matters related to the WTO’s fisheries subsidies agreement and ongoing negotiations, trade in services, investment facilitation for development, the role of the WTO in supporting climate action, agriculture and food security, and the reform of the WTO’s dispute settlement system. In Grenada, Ms. Hill met with, among others, Honourable Joseph Andall, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Export Development; Honourable Lennox Andrews, Minister of Economic Development, Planning, Tourism, Creative Economy, Agriculture and Lands, Forestry and Fisheries; Mr. Ronald Theodore, Chief Executive Officer of the Grenada Investment and Development Corporation; and Ms. Patricia Clarke, Permanent Secretary for Trade and Export Development. In Saint Lucia, Prime Minister Honourable Philip J. Pierre, also the current OECS Authority Chairman, welcomed the WTO Deputy Director-General. In his remarks, he stated: “The OECS is committed...