2018年加勒比地区总体实现较好发展。政治方面,大部分国家形势基本稳定。经济方面,地区经济总体加速复苏,通胀率稳定,财政盈余逐渐扩大,国际贸易额实现增长,然而加勒比国家仍普遍存在政府债务负担较重、贸易结构失衡、物流服务发展落后、旅游业有待进一步复苏的问题。社会方面,社会治安、就业质量和赌博网站等多重挑战并存。外交方面,加勒比国家积极配合区域一体化发展,但由于多边合作进展缓慢,双边合作受到更多国家青睐。此外,地区个别国家与其他拉美国家间存在一定冲突。
Caribbean region as a whole has achieved sound development in 2018. In terms of political situation,the situations in most countries were basically stable. On the aspect of economy,Caribbean region witnessed accelerated economic revival,the inflation rate was stable,the fiscal surplus gradually expanded,international trade value increased. However,there are still a series of problems,such as heavy government debt burden,unbalanced trade structure,underdeveloped logistic services,and slow recovery of tourism. In social respect,multiple challenges coexist in the public security,employment quality and gambling websites issues. In terms of international relations,the Caribbean countries actively made efforts in promoting regional integration. However,due to the limited progress of multilateral cooperation,bilateral collaborations were favored by more countries. Additionally,certain conflicts exist between some Caribbean countries and other Latin America nations.