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CARICOM, The Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement, And Intellectual Property Law And Policy: What Next?

By Abiola Inniss The year 2015 has dawned as usual with the fanfare of greater things to come. Caribbean projects are in the pipeline, along with activities to enhance competitiveness and many gallant efforts by well- meaning non-governmental and International organizations. The research has shown, however, that without the impetus of effort that originates from amongst the local innovators, there is no real change and no great advancement. The efforts of some regional establishments such as Compete Caribbean in instituting projects which should help in promoting and developing trade and investments ,as well as in providing some solid knowledge-based platforms from which policy initiatives can be launched, are laudable, but what next? There is still little response from Caricom on intellectual property laws and policy which will allow for the development of innovation and trade both intra-regionally and internationally, and one wonders whether this is the result of lack of in