The Jamaica Trade and Adjustment Team (JTAT)

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The primary consultations and coordination mechanism between the public and private sectors and civil society is the Jamaica Trade and Adjustment Team (JTAT). The Trade Coordinating and Policy Committee (TCPC), which existed between 1992 and 2001, was replaced by the Jamaica Trade Adjustment Team (JTAT) in February 2001. JTAT was established to deepen and widen the consultative process toward Jamaica’s effective engagement in the WTO Doha Round of negotiations, the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) and negotiations with the EU for a regional economic partnership agreement.
As well as facilitating dialogue on trade issues, it is intended that JTAT Members will consider the measures necessary to facilitate Jamaica’s adjustment to the new global trading environment.
JTAT’s membership, therefore, includes the trade-related Ministries, Departments and Agencies, representatives of the Private Sector Organisation (PSOJ), Jamaica Manufacturers’ Association (JMA), Jamaica Chamber of Commerce (JCC), the Jamaica Exporters Association (JEA), Trade Unions, Civil Society Groups and representatives of Academia.
Meetings are convened and a newsletter, JTAT Trade News, is circulated.

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