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New­ly-elect­ed pres­i­dent of the T&T Cham­ber of In­dus­try and Com­merce (TTCIC) Son­ji Pierre-Chase is vow­ing to tack­le T&T's high food im­port bill, elim­i­nate the bu­reau­cra­cy ham­per­ing day-to-day busi­ness ac­tiv­i­ty, ad­dress the for­eign ex­change crunch as well as en­gage in con­tin­ued dis­cus­sions with stake­hold­ers re­gard­ing crime and na­tion­al se­cu­ri­ty.

In an in­ter­view with the Busi­ness Guardian on Mon­day, Pierre-Chase, the first at­tor­ney to hold the post of cham­ber pres­i­dent, spoke about burn­ing is­sues fac­ing the coun­try and its cit­i­zens while mak­ing rec­om­men­da­tions.

Dur­ing her tenure which is for one year, Pierre-Chase who has the op­tion to seek re-elec­tion, said the high food im­port bill re­mains con­cern­ing, es­pe­cial­ly giv­en se­vere for­eign ex­change chal­lenges.