TY - GEN TI - Strategic considerations for the OECS countries regarding LOME and FTAA negotiations PY - 1998/// KW - OECS KW - FREE TRADE AREAS KW - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT KW - TRADE DEVELOPMENT KW - TRADE NEGOTIATIONS KW - EUROPEAN UNION KW - TRADE LIBERALIZATION N2 - Presents a study which focuses on the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) member states in the negotiations for a renewed convention between the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group of countries and the European Union ( EU) and for a free trade area of the Americas (FTAA). Also outlines a strategy for the OECS to pursue during and after the negotiating process ER -