Ramnath, Renaldo, Hosein, Roger, Saridakis, George (2026) Do North-South trade partnerships benefit the export industries of SIDS? A vertical assessment of CARICOM’s exports to the USA. The International Trade Journal, . ISSN 0885-3908. E-ISSN 1521-0545. (doi:10.1080/08853908.2026.2678291) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:113094)
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Abstract
This article assessed the impact of the trade preference program, CBERA, on the SIDS of CARICOM and found that the PTA positively impacted the region’s exports to the US. Our econometric estimations coupled with a market segmentation technique identified that there is a negative relationship between the US GDP per capita and CARICOM’s exports to the country, which is more acute in the high- and medium-quality markets relative to the low-quality market. We argue that the expansion of the US energy industries along with the deindustrialization of some of CARICOM’s non-energy sectors are key factors in this negative relationship.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| DOI/Identification number: | 10.1080/08853908.2026.2678291 |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences |
| Institutional Unit: | Schools > Kent Business School |
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| Funders: | University of Kent (https://ror.org/00xkeyj56) |
| Depositing User: | George Saridakis |
| Date Deposited: | 12 Feb 2026 18:37 UTC |
| Last Modified: | 11 Aug 2026 13:28 UTC |
| Resource URI: | https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/113094 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes) |
University of Kent Author Information
Saridakis, George.
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