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Embassy of Trinidad and Tobago, Washington, D.C. | |
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Location | Washington, D.C. |
Address | 1708 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W. |
Coordinates | 38°54′27″N77°2′20″W / 38.90750°N 77.03889°W |
Ambassador | HE Brigadier General (Ret'd.) Anthony W.J Phillips-Spencer |
The Embassy of Trinidad and Tobago in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago to the United States. It is located at 1708 Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., in the Embassy Row neighborhood, near Scott Circle. [1]
The ambassador is HE Brigadier General (Ret'd.) Anthony W.J Phillips-Spencer. [2]
Modern Trinidad and Tobago maintains close relations with its Caribbean neighbours and major North American and European trading partners. As the most industrialized and second-largest country in the English-speaking Caribbean, Trinidad and Tobago has taken a leading role in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and strongly supports CARICOM economic integration efforts. It also is active in the Summit of the Americas process and supports the establishment of the Free Trade Area of the Americas, lobbying other nations for seating the Secretariat in Port of Spain.
The Embassy of Senegal in Washington, D.C. is the diplomatic mission of the Republic of Senegal to the United States. The building is located at 2215 M Street NW.
Diplomatic relations between the People's Republic of China and the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago were established on 20 June 1974. The Chinese government established an embassy in Port of Spain in April 1975, with Trinidad and Tobago establishing their own embassy in Beijing on 26 February 2014. Prime Minister Eric Williams was the first Trinidadian head of government to visit China in 1974. In 2002, the trade balance between the two countries was US$47.15 million, with China exporting all but $4.81 million of that. The current Chinese ambassador to Trinidad and Tobago is Mr. Yang Youming.
The nations of Mexico and Trinidad and Tobago established diplomatic relations in 1966. Both nations are members of the Association of Caribbean States, Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, Organization of American States and the United Nations.
Brazil–Trinidad and Tobago relations are bilateral relations between Brazil and Trinidad and Tobago. Trinidad and Tobago has an embassy in Brasília and Brazil has an embassy in Port of Spain.
Trinidad and Tobago–Yugoslavia relations were historical foreign relations between Caribbean island nation of Trinidad and Tobago and now split-up Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia.