Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Maxine Mcclean of Barbados

With respect to the strategic development plans of the University of the West Indies (UWI), and the Cave Hill Campus in particular, Minister McClean said that they were fully supported by government.

Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Maxine McClean says this aid for trade has assumed greater importance in light of the current “unprecedented financial crisis in international markets and a deepening world recession.

McClean said in the first instance “many poor countries lack the basic infrastructure to take advantage of the market access opportunities resulting from a successful outcome to the Doha Round of trade negotiations.

Minister of State in the Prime Minister's office Senator Maxine McClean says the Credit Union movement in Barbados has grown significantly and continues to play a vital role to the economic development of the country.

Senator McClean was speaking during a dinner to mark the 25th anniversary of the Barbados Secondary Teachers Union Cooperative Credit Union at the Accra Beach Hotel at the weekend.

Senator, the Honourable Maxine McClean was invited to join the Cabinet of Prime Minister, the Honourable Mr.

On November 24, Senator McClean was appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Foreign Trade.

Senator McClean is a former Lecturer in the Department of Management Studies, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill Campus, where she taught for seventeen and half years.

Speaking at the opening of an Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Aid for Trade Policy Dialogue in Barbados recently, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, SenatorMaxine McClean said the staging of the forum was critical given the many issues confronting developing countries as they sought to realise growth and development of their economies.

McClean said since taking up her post she has been hearing from immigration officials that this requirement and others were no longer being enforced.

Government was also mindful of the fact that all passengers needed to be in one location to facilitate the travel arrangements," McClean said at the specially arranged Press conference held yesterday evening at Government Headquarters on Bay Street.

Maxine McClean is the president of the UWIAA Barbados Chapter.