Editing Barbados (section)

=== Foreign relations ===

{{Main|Foreign relations of Barbados}}
Barbados follows a policy of [[Non-Aligned Movement|nonalignment]] and seeks cooperative relations with all friendly states. Barbados is a full and participating member of the [[Caribbean Community]] (CARICOM), [[CARICOM Single Market and Economy]] (CSME), the [[Association of Caribbean States]] (ACS),<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20060228195122/http://www.barbadosbusiness.gov.bb/miib/Barbados/regional_links.cfm BarbadosBusiness.gov.bb], The Barbados government's Regional and International affiliations</ref> the [[Organization of American States]] (OAS), the [[Commonwealth of Nations]], and the [[Caribbean Court of Justice]] (CCJ). In 2005, Barbados replaced the [[Judicial Committee of the Privy Council]] with the [[Caribbean Court of Justice]] as its final court of appeal.<ref>{{cite web |title=Constitution (Amendment) Act, 2003 |url=https://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Barbados/amendment03.pdf |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20221009/https://pdba.georgetown.edu/Constitutions/Barbados/amendment03.pdf |archive-date=9 October 2022 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Barbados has been a member of [[The Forum of Small States (FOSS)]] since the group's founding in 1992.<ref name="singaporebook">{{Cite book|title=50 Years of Singapore and the United Nations |publisher=World Scientific |isbn=978-981-4713-03-0 |year=2015 }}access-date=28 March 2024</ref>

==== World Trade Organization, European Commission, CARIFORUM ====

Barbados is an original member (1995) of the [[World Trade Organization]] (WTO) and participates actively in its work. It grants at least MFN treatment to all its trading partners. [[European Union]] relations and cooperation with Barbados are carried out both on a bilateral and a regional basis. Barbados is party to the [[Cotonou Agreement]], through which, {{as of|2007|December}}, it is linked by an [[Economic Partnership Agreement]] with the [[European Commission]]. The pact involves the Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) subgroup of the [[African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States]] (ACP). CARIFORUM is the only part of the wider ACP-bloc that has concluded the full regional trade-pact with the [[European Union]]. There are also ongoing EU-[[Community of Latin American and Caribbean States]] (CELAC) and EU-[[CARIFORUM]] dialogues.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://eeas.europa.eu/barbados/ |title=European Union – EEAS (European External Action Service) &#124; EU Relations with Barbados |publisher=Europa (web portal) |date=19 June 2014 |access-date=10 November 2018 |archive-date=30 November 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211130080648/https://eeas.europa.eu/delegations/barbados_en |url-status=live }}</ref>

Trade policy has also sought to protect a small number of domestic activities, mostly food production, from foreign competition, while recognising that most domestic needs are best met by imports.<ref>{{Cite web |title=TRADE POLICY REVIEW BARBADOS |url=https://www.foreign.gov.bb/?jet_download=1121 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230603180500/https://www.foreign.gov.bb/?jet_download=1121 |archive-date=3 June 2023 |page=7 |quote=Trade policy has also sought to protect a small number of domestic activities, mostly food production, from foreign competition, while recognizing that most domestic needs are best met by imports.}}</ref>