WTO executive meets with Freeport industrial players

Tue, Apr 15th 2014, 12:13 PM

A World Trade Organization (WTO) executive who visited The Bahamas to help raise awareness about issues surrounding The Bahamas' decision to join the WTO, was welcomed to Grand Bahama last week by Minister for Grand Bahama Dr. Michael Darville.
While there, David Shark, deputy director general of the WTO, met with executives at a number of major Freeport companies.
Traveling to the second city on April 10, Shark was accompanied by Ryan Pinder, minister of financial services; Rhoda Jackson, ambassador and permanent representative of The Bahamas to the United Nations Office and other international organizations in Geneva, Switzerland; June Young Lee, WTO legal advisor, and Keva Bain, acting director of trade and industry.
The Bahamas is in the process of negotiating accession to the WTO, primarily to secure favorable market access for its goods and services in the international community.
Shark arrived in The Bahamas on Wednesday, meeting with senior government officials in New Providence prior to traveling to the nation's second city.
His visit to The Bahamas is expected to increase public awareness about the WTO accession process, the multilateral rules governing international trade, how those rules impact access to foreign markets by Bahamian companies, and access by foreign companies to the Bahamian market.
His first stop in Grand Bahama was a courtesy call at the Ministry for Grand Bahama. He then went on to meet senior executives at the Grand Bahama Port Authority, the Freeport Container Port, Grand Bahama Shipyard, the Bahamas Oil Refining Company and Pharmachem Technologies Limited. Shark was also the featured speaker at a luncheon hosted by the Grand Bahama Chamber of Commerce, which was held at the Pelican Bay Hotel.

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