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TT Chamber of Industry and Commerce president Sonji Pierre-Chase told Newsday in a phone conversation that the on-again, off-again imposition of tariffs creates an atmosphere of uncertainty that is not good for business.

On April 9, US president Donald Trump announced that the "reciprocal" tariffs announced on April 2 and set to take effect on April 9, will be paused for 90 days.

Commenting on the development, Pierre-Chase said, “When you have fluctuations like that where the narratives change very quickly, it doesn’t lend well to business certainty.