Rihui Welding Back PREAMBLE 2

Rihui Welding Back PREAMBLE 2

establishing appropriate regulatory and administrative procedures and services are
essential for the development of the international and intraregional trade of Member States;
Determined further to effect a fundamental transformation of the agricultural sector
of the Community by diversifying agricultural production, intensifying agro-industrial development,
expanding agri-business, strengthening the linkages between the agricultural sector and other sectors
of the CSME and generally conducting agricultural production on a market-oriented, internationally
competitive and environmentally sound basis;
Acknowledging the vital importance of land, air and maritime transportation for
maintaining economic, social and cultural linkages as well as facilitating emergency assistance among
the Member States of the Community;
Recognising further the importance of the establishment and structured development
of transport links with third States for the accelerated and sustained development of the CSME;
Conscious also of the importance of promoting adequate air and maritime transport
services for the continued viability of the tourism industry and of reducing the vulnerability of the
CARICOM Region resulting from its reliance on extra-regional carriers;
Convinced also that a viable transport policy for the Community will make a
significant contribution in satisfying the demands for the intra-regional movement of people and
products in the CSME;
Acknowledging further that some Member States, particularly the Less Developed
Countries, are entering the CSME at a disadvantage by reason of the size, structure and vulnerability
of their economies; and
Believing further that the persistence of disadvantage, however arising, may impact
adversely on the economic and social cohesion in the Community;
Conscious further that disadvantaged countries, regions and sectors will require a
transitional period to facilitate adjustment to competition in the CSME;
Committed to establish effective measures, programmes and mechanisms to assist
disadvantaged countries, regions and sectors of the Community;
Mindful further that the benefits expected from the establishment of the CSME are
not frustrated by anti-competitive business conduct whose object or effect is to prevent, restrict, or
distort competition;
Convinced further that the application and convergence of national competition
policies and the cooperation of competition authorities in the Community will promote the objectives
of the CSME;
Affirming that the employment of internationally accepted modes of disputes
settlement in the Community will facilitate achievement of the objectives of the Treaty;
Considering that an efficient, transparent, and authoritative system of disputes
settlement in the Community will enhance the economic, social and other forms of activity in the CSME
leading to confidence in the investment climate and further economic growth and development in the
CSME;

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