Prime Min­is­ter Kam­la Per­sad-Bisses­sar told the Low­er House of Par­lia­ment to­day that T&T is close­ly mon­i­tor­ing es­ca­lat­ing ten­sions in the Mid­dle East and their po­ten­tial im­pact on glob­al sup­ply chains and the do­mes­tic econ­o­my.

The Mem­ber for Diego Mar­tin West, Hans Des Vi­gnes, asked what mea­sures Gov­ern­ment is tak­ing to pro­tect busi­ness­es in T&T from clo­sures in light of dis­rup­tions linked to the Strait of Hor­muz, in­clud­ing high­er freight costs and short­ages of crit­i­cal in­puts.

In re­sponse, the Prime Min­is­ter said T&T con­tin­ues to mon­i­tor de­vel­op­ments in the re­gion. She said, “Trinidad and To­ba­go con­tin­ues to mon­i­tor de­vel­op­ments in the Mid­dle East and the cur­rent is­sues as­so­ci­at­ed with the Strait of Hor­muz.”