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THE PRIME MINISTER said TT received US $8.1 billion of direct foreign investment in the energy sector, between 2016 and 2025. He also promised that, between now and 2028, a further US $9.3 billion will be invested in the energy sector.

He made the statement in his remarks at the opening of the Special Economic Zones Authority at its office in St Clair, Port of Spain on April 11.

“That is something that, unfortunately, is not spread out there,” he said. “So when you hear about there's no foreign direct investment that quite the contrary.”