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=== European Union: Economic Partnership Agreements ===
Since 2013, the CARICOM-bloc and the Dominican Republic have been tied to the [[European Union]] via an [[Economic Partnership Agreements]] known as [[CARIFORUM]] signed in 2008.<ref name="cpdcngo.org">[http://www.cpdcngo.org/barbados/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=102:caribbean-moves-afoot-to-restructure-cariforum&catid=3:news&Itemid=57 Caribbean moves afoot to restructure CARIFORUM] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130617132117/http://www.cpdcngo.org/barbados/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=102:caribbean-moves-afoot-to-restructure-cariforum&catid=3:news&Itemid=57 |date=17 June 2013 }}, Peter Richards, Tuesday 12 April 2011</ref> The treaty grants all members of the European Union and CARIFORUM equal rights in terms of trade and investment. Within the agreement under Article 234, the [[European Court of Justice]] also carries dispute resolution mechanisms between CARIFORUM and the [[Member state of the European Union|states of the European Union]].<ref name="jamaica-gleaner.com">{{cite news|url=http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20091008/letters/letters1.html |title=Letter: Privy Council and EPA|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140821110351/http://jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20091008/letters/letters1.html |archive-date=2014-08-21|date=2009-10-08 |work=[[The Gleaner]]}}</ref>