Just when you thought that that the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the European Union and CARIFORUM-which includes the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Dominican Republic, was nailed down, some Caribbean countries are having second thoughts. Guyana, Grenada and St. Lucia have indicated that they will not sign the agreement slated for September 2nd because Caribbean countries have gotten the wrong end of the stick, and free trade is not, well, entirely free. It’s been almost four years since CARIFORUM, through the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery, started negotiations with the EU. In the beginning, EPA was hailed as a milestone by some legislators, some of whom are now calling for renegotiation. James Paul, a Barbados legislator, and initially a big supporter of the deal, recently came out against EPA calling it a “bad deal.”