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Since the first voyage of Columbus in 1492 the Caribbean has conducted most of its external trade through preferential arrangements with extraregional powers. Throughout five centuries the assumption has prevailed that small, island economies could not compete in global markets. Therefore the negotiation and retention of preferential trade arrangements has been regarded by many as a matter of necessity, if not of survival.
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Segal, A. (1994). Caribbean Trade Options: Playing the North American, European and Latin American Cards. In: The South at the End of the Twentieth Century. International Political Economy Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-23515-5_13
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