Trinidad and Tobago–United Kingdom relations

Trinidad and Tobago–United Kingdom relations are foreign relations between Trinidad and Tobago and the United Kingdom. Both countries are full members of the Commonwealth of Nations.

Trinidad and Tobago – United Kingdom relations

Trinidad and Tobago

United Kingdom

History

Since the independence of Trinidad & Tobago in 1962, relations between the two countries have been mostly friendly and there are many areas in which both Trinidad and Tobago and the UK seek stronger ties for mutual benefit. There are also strong cultural and social ties between the two nations. In Trinidad and Tobago, English is one of the official languages, and Cricket is among the most popular sports. In the UK, Caribbean Carnival is hugely popular.

Economy

Trinidad and Tobago is the UK’s largest export market in the Caribbean. The UK is the sixth largest supplier.

Bilateral agreements

DateAgreement nameLaw ref. numberNote
1983Double Taxation Agreement[1]1903

Resident diplomatic missions

  • Trinidad and Tobago has a high commission in London.
  • United Kingdom has a high commission in Port of Spain.
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gollark: Well, the water-walking thing presumably has to either magically make him hover above the surface or effectively provide more contact area with the water, right?
gollark: Would that work? How is Jesus's water-walking thing implemented?
gollark: You can check whether the results of it are good by some other metric, but that just pushes the problem up a level.
gollark: Regarding objective morality: I don't understand how it's meant to work. Generally we consider things "true" if they're well-established by experiment and observation. I do not see how you can empirically test whether something is what you "should" do.

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