There is an air of expectation that the September 1-3 Africa/Caribbean Trade and Investment Forum (ACTIF) will have the effect of having two regions of the world possessed of strong historical and cultural links continue to inch their way, collectively, towards unprecedented levels of commercial and trading ties in the period ahead.
ACTIF, which will be staged in Barbados, will be viewed as the latest testing ground on which to determine whether or not recent high-profile contact between the two regions has begun to build a sufficiently strong foundation for the genuine strengthening of trade and economic ties.
