Strengthening the trade
regulatory framework will help Haiti’s government build a trusting relationship
with the private sector. That’s
according to H.E. Mr. Wilson Laleau, Haiti’s Minister of Trade during a meeting
with the International Trade Centre (ITC) on the sidelines of the World Trade
Organization (WTO)’s Eighth Ministerial Conference.
The Minister discussed with
ITC the four ongoing ITC initiatives in Haiti, the Caribbean region’s only
least developed country. The first
project is improving the trade regulatory framework, which is aimed at not only
building trust but also enabling a positive environment for investment. ITC is also working with the Caribbean region
in the creative industries sector and is launching in Haiti an extension of
ITC’s Ethical Fashion Programme which has provided employment to more than
7,000 people in Africa.
The fourth project that is planned is under the
Enhanced Integrated Framework: a survey on non-tariff measures, related to the
Diagnostic Trade Integration Study.