Browne: US election unlikely to affect T&T energy, trade

CHANGES in the United States governance structure are unlikely to affect trade and energy relationships with Trinidad and Tobago, economist and former minister in the Finance Ministry Mariano Browne said last week.

Browne said long-standing trade arrangements between the US and T&T were unlikely to be impacted, responding to concerns locally as how this country might be affected by any changes to US president Donald Trump’s administration following the Democrats winning both the House and the Senate in the midterm elections last week.

Speaking on TV6’s Morning Edition on Friday, Browne noted that Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar has “solidly” aligned with the Trump administration and the US.