First General Meeting of the Trade Facilitation Reform Programme
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw, speaking at the first general meeting of the Trade Facilitation Reform Programme (TFRP), at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices, on Thursday, January 10, 2019. Others (from left) are Minister without portfolio in the Ministry of Finance and the Public Service, Hon. Fayval Williams; Chairman, Trade Facilitation Task Force (TFTF), Patricia Francis; and Commissioner of Customs and Deputy Chair, TFTF, Velma Ricketts-Walker. The purpose of the meeting was to highlight the achievements during the past year and to demonstrate the nexus between all the activities currently being undertaken under the TFRP and their alignment with the Trade Facilitation Agreement.
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