T&T business leaders cautiously assess impact of US midterm elections

Busi­ness lead­ers and com­mu­ni­ca­tions pro­fes­sion­als in Trinidad and To­ba­go are cau­tious­ly as­sess­ing the im­pli­ca­tions of the re­cent US midterm elec­tions. Their views range from po­ten­tial ex­port op­por­tu­ni­ties and busi­ness con­ti­nu­ity to the grow­ing in­flu­ence of younger po­lit­i­cal lead­ers and chang­ing vot­er sen­ti­ment.

CGA Ltd chief ex­ec­u­tive of­fi­cer Gabrielle Agos­ti­ni said the elec­tion re­sults have gen­er­at­ed op­ti­mism among lo­cal man­u­fac­tur­ers seek­ing greater ac­cess to the US mar­ket.

“It’s ex­cit­ing news, what has hap­pened this week, but we can on­ly wait and see what’s go­ing to hap­pen over the next cou­ple of months or year,” Agos­ti­ni told Guardian Me­dia af­ter the T&T Cham­ber of In­dus­try and Com­merce’s Cham­pi­ons of Busi­ness Awards 2026 at the Hy­att Re­gency in Port-of-Spain on Wednes­day evening.