The CARICOM – US Summit: Backdrop

Part of the setting that will greet CARICOM Heads of Government and the US President at the CARICOM-US Summit, Thursday 9 April 2015, at the UWI Regional Headquarters in Jamaica.

Competitiveness, energy, and security will be the focus of the highly anticipated Summit, to be co-chaired by Chairman of CARICOM the Rt. Hon. Perry Christie, Prime Minister of the Bahamas, and the President of the United States of America, Barrack Obama.

The themes of Thursday’s Summit reflect the major concerns of the Community as many of the Member States seek to emerge from the lingering effects of the global economic and financial crisis.