ABSTRACT

Investigating the unique EU-CARICOM legal relationship, this book explores

the major theme of globalisation, which shapes inter-regional organisations

individually and determines their relationship to one another. It evaluates how

EU-CARICOM relations have fostered trade, security and other development

measures, reflecting on the past, future and present of the Caribbean states that

are active in the EU-CARICOM framework.

Providing case studies on key issues such as immigration, tax and energy, it

examines the impact that the EU-CARICOM has on the slave trade and the

deportation of millions of people. Such bitter experiences still indirectly shape

culture, hopes and the economic framework of possibilities today; therefore, the

focus of the volume is on the issues which the constant stream of globalisation

creates. The book assesses many potential impacts that the agenda of the EU

and Brexit pending will have upon the EU-CARICOM relationship, given the

potential for these to create instability.

Overall, it highlights how the EU and CARICOM are representations for

multilateralism and serve as models that provide the basis for many successful

initiatives and agreements. In all new agreements and negotiations, the will to

accept the Sustainable Development Goals and thus to make inequality, climate

change and other goals of the SDGs the basis of an order that puts people

at the centre, are evaluated, and the global agenda 2030 and its impact on

EU-CARICOM.

Overall, it highlights how the EU and CARICOM are representations for

multilateralism and serve as models that provide the basis for many successful

initiatives and agreements. In all new agreements and negotiations, the will to

accept the Sustainable Development Goals and thus to make inequality, climate

change and other goals of the SDGs the basis of an order that puts people

at the centre, are evaluated, and the global agenda 2030 and its impact on

EU-CARICOM.

part |11 pages

Introduction

part I|25 pages

Brexit and EU-CARICOM relations

chapter 2|9 pages

The impact of Brexit

In search of a new legal order?

part II|48 pages

Trade and security in EU-CARICOM

chapter 5|12 pages

Building a digital anchor

A legal perspective on a prospective improvement of electronic data interchange in maritime trade

chapter 6|17 pages

European Union and CARICOM

Current challenges and potential solutions in the energy and investment sector

part III|48 pages

Taxation and immigration in EU-CARICOM

chapter 7|12 pages

Select jurisprudence of the CJEU and CCJ

A comparative perspective

chapter 8|19 pages

From haven to blacklist

UK, EU and Caribbean cooperation on tax avoidance, after Brexit

chapter 9|15 pages

Impoverished law

A review of Trinidad and Tobago’s Immigration Act

part |6 pages

Conclusions