CSME

Desha Roberts, Summer

Caliste, Jalene Blackman,
Iyanna Dehyrangeit, Shenia
J. Alexander, Tiona Smith
 INTRODUCTION

Back Aims Achieve Failure

ground ments

Background Aims Achievements Failures

The member states and The objectives and goals The successes and aims The areas in which the
reason for the start of of CSME. met by CSME. institution fell short or
CSME. failed to meet set
objectives
 Background

• The history of the CSME (CARICOM Single Market and

Economy) can be traced back to 1968, with the
establishment of the Caribbean Free Trade Area
(CARIFTA) which served the limited purpose of removing
tariffs and other barriers to intra-regional trade in goods.

• Jamaica claimed that it was disproportionally represented

in the federation and pulled out. Other countries followed
suit. This ultimately resulted in CARIFTA being short-
lived. However, it did provide a foundation for the
formation of the Caribbean Community and Common
Market (CARICOM), which still exists today.