High Commissioner Rouse will join other speakers from the Commonwealth including Jamaica’s High Commissioner to the UK, Anthony Johnson; Minister of Foreign Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago, Surujrattan Rambachan; Professor Paul Sutton, Chairman of the British Caribbean Chamber of Commerce and Mr George Connolly, CEO, Barbados Business Machine as they discuss business opportunities in the Commonwealth on October 13.
Sir Ronald Sanders of the Commonwealth Eminent Persons Group will chair the session on “The Americas, Leveraging the Commonwealth”.
Building on the success of the Commonwealth Business Forum in Trinidad and Tobago, this session will consider how the Caribbean can be leveraged to harness emerging opportunities across the Americas, according to forum documents.
It will also analyse the opportunities for greater trade and investment in the Caribbean, and the prospects for greater regional integration within the Caribbean.
Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar of Trinidad and Tobago will be among speakers at the opening session. Former Pakistan Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz will also participate in a session on “Global Growth through Economic Partnership”.
The Forum will also include sessions on Accessing Commonwealth Financial Markets; Africa, Leveraging the Commonwealth; Entrepreneurship and New Business Models for Broad-based Growth; The Commonwealth and India; Enhancing Commonwealth Trade for Global Growth and Reaching the US$4.5 trillion target by 2015; Asia, Leveraging the Commonwealth; Partnerships for Education, Skills and Training and Global Growth through Economic Partnership: The Way Forward.
There will also be a special session on Investment Opportunities in Trinidad and Tobago, to be hosted by Foreign Affairs Minister Rambachan and Trade and Industry Minister Stephen Cadiz.
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