Caribbean Common Market. Consists of 14 sister-member countries of the Caribbean community. Members include: Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Surinam, Trinidad and Tobago. They have set as a goal that in 1997 there will be a single market allowing for the free movement of labor. Conspicuous by their absence are the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands, two major players in international banking and finance.

The Caribbean Community was established by the signing of a treaty at Chaguaramas on July 4th, 1973. Members include: Antigua and Barbuda Barbados Bahamas Belize Dominica Grenada Montserrat Haiti Guyana Jamaica St. Vincent and the Grenadines Saint Lucia St. Kitts and Nevis Suriname Trinidad and Tobago ASSOCIATE MEMBERS Anguilla Bermuda British Virgin Islands Turks and Caicos Islands Cayman Islands