Taiwan Sending Trade Mission to St Kitts

By: - June 4th, 2013

Above: St Kitts (CJ Photo)

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Taiwan will be sending a trade mission to St Kitts and Nevis this month.

The mission will present at the Royal St Kitts Hotel on June 26 and June 27, according to International Trade Minister Ricky Skerritt.

“You can be assured that the products and technology to be displayed will be most suited to the needs of our business community and consumers,” said Skerritt, who recently concluded a trip to Taiwan.

Taiwan last mounted such a trade exhibition in the country in 2011.

St Kitts and Nevis and Taiwan have had relations for three decades.

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