Focus on US and China at Invest Caribbean

NEW YORK—Investment in the Caribbean region is bringing together a unique coalition for Caribbean American Heritage Month, as the United States, China and the Caribbean unite for Invest Caribbean Now 2013. The sold out Forum tomorrow at the Radisson Martinique Hotel in New York City, comes on the heels of US President Joe Biden’s Caribbean trip on May 28 for the signing of the United States – CARICOM Trade and Investment Framework Agreement, (TIFA) and the first visit to T&T by the Chinese President Xi Jinping, from May 31 to June 2. Xiaoguang Liu, consul in charge of economic and commercial affairs at the Consulate of China in New York will headline a panel on China’s growing interests in the Caribbean. Other panellists will include Jianxin Lin, chairman of the American Chinese Commerce Development Association, (ACCDA); and Li Li, managing director of the Chinese American Business Development Center, (CABDC). The Sino-American Friendship Association (SAFA) will present the panel, which will be supported by ACCDA and the CABDC and moderated by Martin Mohabeer, managing director of Spackman Group, a Hong-Kong based venture capital firm.