CARIFORUM and UK EPA Study

vi. Summary of Sectoral RRCA analysis ........................................................................................................... 145 7.15 Assessment of National Export Competitiveness Across CARIFORUM ...................................148 7.16 Overall Assessment of CARIFORUM’s Sectoral and Domestic Export Competitiveness Performance.................................................................................................................................151 7.17 UK Trade in Value added Services and Opportunities for CARIFORUM ..................................151 i. Background to the Trade in Value Added Services ................................................................................ 151 ii. Assessment of UK Performance on Trade in Value Added Services ...................................................... 153 i. Summary of UK Trade in Value Added Services and Opportunities for CARIFORUM............................ 156 7.18 CARIFORUM-UK Investment Relations ..................................................................................158 i. The UK’s Attractiveness as an Investment Source and FDI Destination ................................................ 160 ii. CARIFORUM Countries Attracting UK Investment ................................................................................. 163 iii. CARIFORUM Countries Investing in the UK: Opportunities and Challenges .......................................... 166 7.19 Potential challenges and constraints to CF-UK Trade in Services and Investment under the new CF-UK EPA ....................................................................................................................................169 7.20 Summary of Findings and Recommendations on the way forward for CF-UK Services and Investment Relations....................................................................................................................171 10. Opportunities and Constraints .......................................................................................181 10.1 Insights from the PCI .............................................................................................................181 10.2 Insights from the Global Competitiveness index....................................................................186 11. Conclusions & Recommendations .............................................................................188 11.1 Trade in Goods......................................................................................................................188 11.2 Trade In Services ...................................................................................................................191 11.3 General Conclusions..............................................................................................................192 References...........................................................................................................................193 Appendix I- The PCI and its Components ..............................................................................197

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