Tuesday, July 31, 2012

Trade Minister co-chairs 2nd Caribbean-Korea Business Forum in Seoul, South Korea

Story by Yolande Agard-Simmons
Trade, Industry and Investment Minister on Monday co-chaired the 2nd Caribbean-Korea Business Forum with H .E. Sung Hwan Kim, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of the Republic of Korea at the Lotte Hotel in Seoul, South Korea. 

The forum brought together leading Korean investors in ICT, marine management and clean technologies as well as eight Ministers from CARICOM and several South Korean senior government officials.

Bharath is currently in Korea on the official invitation of the Government of Korea, meeting with several business leaders and government leaders in an attempt to attract investments from the world's thirteenth largest economy and 7th largest exporter.

During his remarks at the Forum's session on e-government, Bharath articulated the government's vision for ICT as well as the country's National ICT plan and ambitions to make Trinidad and Tobago one of the top 10 countries in the world for the Ease of Doing Business. 

The minister also promoted his Ministry's Singe Electronic Window for Trade and Business Facilitation branded TTBizLink which has been lauded by several quarters in the private sector.

Later this week Bharath will meet with potential South Korean investors interested in investing in Trinidad and Tobago in the ICT and Merchant Marine sectors. South Korea is the world's number one ship builder in the world.

In 2011, the trade volume between Trinidad and Tobago and Korea stood at just over one billion US dollars.

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Our family at home in Toronto 2008

Our family at home in Toronto 2008
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