# What does CBI mean? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 4, 2022, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-cbi-mean/963936 "2022-05-04T13:06:06Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cannonkuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9bd4f/32.png) [@cannonkuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cannonkuo)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 1:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-cbi-mean/963936/1 "2022-05-04T13:06:06Z")
Argentina has expressed its concern over the provisions in the **CBI** concerning sugar. As an enticement, the US could offer a duty-free quota equivalent to their current export level of sugar. However, such an action could undermine our sugar support program, and severely detract from the unique **CBI** package. (Source: [Foreign Relations of the United States, 1981–1988, Volume XIII, Conflict in the South Atlantic, 1981–1984 - Office of the Historian](https://history.state.gov/historicaldocuments/frus1981-88v13/d114)) What does CBI mean in the context? ---
**Author:** ![What\_Exit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/what_exit/32/10652_2.png) [@What\_Exit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/What_Exit)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2022, 1:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-cbi-mean/963936/2 "2022-05-04T13:09:13Z")
CBI = Caribbean Basin Initiative > **[Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI)](https://ustr.gov/issue-areas/trade-development/preference-programs/caribbean-basin-initiative-cbi)** > > The trade programs known collectively as the Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) remain vital elements in U.S. economic relations with our neighbors in Central America and in the Caribbean. The CBI is intended to facilitate the economic development and... ---
**Author:** ![cannonkuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b9bd4f/32.png) [@cannonkuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cannonkuo)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2022, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-does-cbi-mean/963936/3 "2022-05-05T05:16:50Z")
Thank you very much.