Free­lance Con­trib­u­tor

The Trinidad and To­ba­go–In­dia Busi­ness Fed­er­a­tion (TTIBF) has called for a strate­gic deep­en­ing of this coun­try’s eco­nom­ic ties with In­dia, urg­ing lo­cal busi­ness­es to seize emerg­ing op­por­tu­ni­ties amid shifts in the glob­al econ­o­my.

Speak­ing at the fed­er­a­tion’s launch on Sun­day at the Ma­hat­ma Gand­hi In­sti­tute for Cul­tur­al Co-op­er­a­tion (MG­ICC) in Mount Hope, TTIBF pres­i­dent Dr Vaalmik­ki Ar­joon said Trinidad and To­ba­go ex­port­ed ap­prox­i­mate­ly US$260 mil­lion in goods to In­dia in 2024 and im­port­ed US$109 mil­lion. Ar­joon iden­ti­fied en­er­gy, phar­ma­ceu­ti­cals, agri­cul­ture, and dig­i­tal tech­nol­o­gy as key ar­eas for col­lab­o­ra­tion.