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GEISHA KOW­LESSAR-ALON­ZO

Se­nior Mul­ti­me­dia Jour­nal­ist

Trinidad and To­ba­go is brac­ing for a po­ten­tial eco­nom­ic blow as the Unit­ed States ramps up tar­iffs on lo­cal ex­ports to 15 per cent, trig­ger­ing fears of re­duced com­pet­i­tive­ness, shrink­ing for­eign ex­change in­flows, and hits to the man­u­fac­tur­ing and en­er­gy sec­tors.