PICs

Integrating Pacific trade under discussion in Samoa meeting

They will also discuss coordinating policies to strengthen regional trade integration.

The secretary general of the Pacific Islands Forum, Dame Meg Taylor, said the Pacific has a combined market of about eight million consumers.

She said the meeting provides an opportunity for a re-invigorated approach to regional integration that benefits the people of the region.

     

ADB creates $200m facility to support clean energy projects in 11 Pacific Island Countries

The Pacific Island countries to be supported by the new fund include the Cook Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, Kiribati, Nauru, Palau, the Republic of Marshall Islands, Samoa, the Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu, and Vanuatu.

These countries face developmental issues such as small populations, limited resources, remoteness and vulnerability to natural disasters.

Pacific-US tuna treaty won’t be affected by delays in signing

The administrator of the Treaty and Pacific Islands Forum Fisheries Agency Director General James Movick said they will await the process of approval.

Movick said the most important step is initialing the agreement and he hopes Fiji might be in a position to do that.

“But I think even if Fiji is unable to initial as a separate process from the parliamentary ratification we have received no indication of dissatisfaction with the Treaty and so we just simply await the outcome of the process,” he said.