While the re­cent sus­pen­sion of Caribbean Air­lines flights to Cara­cas,Venezuela, is a no­tice­able de­vel­op­ment, it is not ex­pect­ed to sig­nif­i­cant­ly dis­rupt T&T’s wider econ­o­my.

This is the view of Ch­agua­nas Cham­ber of In­dus­try and Com­merce (CCIC) Bal­dath Ma­haraj, who says the im­pact on busi­ness would be min­i­mal due to the lim­it­ed trade that ex­ists di­rect­ly be­tween the two coun­tries.

Ma­haraj told Guardian Me­dia yes­ter­day that al­ter­na­tive routes are still avail­able via Pana­ma, adding that the de­ci­sion must be seen with­in the wider con­text of geopo­lit­i­cal ten­sions be­tween the Unit­ed States and Venezuela and the risks such con­di­tions pose to busi­ness­es.