If our financial sector in the region is to reach its full potential the rules under which it operates must not be so widely different that they become more of an obstacle course than a facilitator of innovation and development. The amazing thing about the Caribbean is how seriously we take our insularity.
We come to the table with ingrained notions of how different we are, and argue vehemently about points which are in the wider scheme of things, singularly unimportant except to the protagonist who has been charged with protecting national pride and sovereignty with his life.