Mariano Browne: T&T should have owned more of energy sector

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GEISHA KOWLESSAR ALONZOJournalist at Guardian

August 27, 2025

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Mariano Browne: T&T should have owned more of energy sector

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For over a century, T&T has been in the oil business and for all 63 years of its independence, the nation has leaned heavily on this resource.

As economist Dr Mariano Browne reflected on CNC 3’s The Morning Brew yesterday, the question is not just whether the country dropped the ball. It is whether it ever truly held it.

“There’s no question we could always have been further along,” Browne said.

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