Tariff equality under WTO for Freeport firms

Mon, Dec 13th 2010, 10:00 PM

By NEIL HARTNELL

Tribune Business Editor

Freeport-manufactured products must attract the same tariffs as rival foreign-produced ones under World Trade Organisation (WTO) rules before they can enter other Bahamian islands, this nation's chief trade negotiator said yesterday, adding that the Bahamas "can really take advantage" of the Port area's 'special status' under a rules-based trading regime.

Raymond Winder, Deloitte & Touche (Bahamas) managing partner and the Bahamas' chief negotiator in the WTO accession process, told Tribune Business that while Freeport and its 'free trade zone' status could exist under the WTO's global rules-based trading mechani ...

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