Minister Shaw meets with US Ambassador and team
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Minister of Industry, Commerce, Agriculture and Fisheries, Hon. Audley Shaw (centre), along with Ministry officials and the Cannabis Licensing Authority team meet with Ambassador of the United States, H.E. Donald R. Tapia and his team, during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s New Kingston offices on Wednesday, October 30, 2019. Ambassador Tapia and his team met with Minister Shaw and other Ministry representatives to discuss trade relations between the two countries, in particular the importation of pork from the US; Jamaica’s cannabis industry; Intellectual Property; mutual benefits of continued cooperation on border control, among other things.
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