KINGSTON, Jamaica - FROM the Government of China's point of view, the visit of President Xi Jinping to Trinidad to meet nine Caribbean Heads of Government was a great success.
Each of the nine leaders made statements after individual short meetings with President Xi, praising China for the loans and assistance being given to their countries individually.
From the news reports, it appears that only the prime minister of Barbados, Freundel Stuart, raised with the Chinese president the need to improve China's imports so as to redress the considerable surplus in China's favour of the trade between China and Caribbean countries.