Bilateral relations between the countries of France and Trinidad and Tobago have existed for about two hundred years.

Trinidad and Tobago is represented in France through its embassy in Brussels (Belgium).

In 1751, the French settled colonists on the island, but ceded it to Britain in the Treaty of Paris of 10 February 1763.

This was expressed not only in the widespread use of French Patois (French-lexicon Creole)...but also in the general population's enthusiasm for the Catholic tradition of Carnival.

"[7] Sean Sheehan explains further that for "about a hundred years, the language spoken in Trinidad and Tobago was a pidgin form of French, which was basically French with Twi or Yoruba words included.