Brazil’s raw sugar paid a duty entering Europe. Caribbean sugar did not. That difference was the whole of the region’s commercial edge, and by 24 July the Commission had already allocated 10,000 tonnes of Brazilian sugar duty-free.
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Sheinbaum secured the first World Bank presidential visit to Mexico in five years on 29 July. Guyana assented to its own Development Bank Act the next day.
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Mexico grew 1.5 per cent in Q2 2026 and pays a 10 per cent US duty because it published a forced-labour import prohibition in February 2023, three years early.
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Caribbean National Weekly reports three CARICOM countries face new U.S. tariffs tied to forced labour trade enforcement. Here is what has been reported.
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Decree 502-26 gives Dominican customs a case-by-case power, not the prohibition USTR was grading. The Dominican Republic pays 12.5 per cent, Trinidad pays 10.
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Dominica News Online and NOW Grenada report the OECS and Morocco explored new trade, investment and economic cooperation opportunities during a promotion week.
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USTR judged 60 economies against eight elements of forced-labour enforcement and none passed. What that means for CARICOM capacity and the next round.
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Guyana says a new 12.5% US tariff linked to forced labour will not disadvantage its exporters and it will lobby for removal, per INews Guyana and Demerara Waves
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The Bahamas pays a 12.5 per cent US forced-labour tariff and Trinidad and Tobago pays 10 per cent. Both legislated in June 2026, ten days apart.
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Mexican outlets report the United States will apply a tariff to Mexico and dozens of countries from Friday over forced labour failings. Figures differ.
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CARICOM turns 53 on 4 July 2026. A clear-eyed birthday scorecard: the historic 2025 free-movement launch, the CCJ and shared institutions, weighed against a single market where intra-regional trade is still only about 15% of the total.
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