PM NOT OVERLY CONCERNED ABOUT TRUMP & DRAGON GAS

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Is the Prime Minister concerned that progress made by his administration with the Dragon Gas Deal could be negatively impacted by the incoming Trump administration in the U.S.?  Juhel Browne sought the answer during the Post-Cabinet media conference.

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00:00TV6 News recalled that the recent progress made on the Dragon gas deal

00:04occurred during the Dr. Keith Rowley led administration, the Nicolas Maduro

00:09administration in Venezuela and the outgoing administration in the United

00:13States led by President Joe Biden who represents the Democratic Party. The

00:18recent US election was won by former President Donald Trump and his

00:22Republican Party. Are you concerned that the progress with the Democratic

00:27leadership presently outgoing could be mitigated or anyway affected by the

00:32incoming Republican? It might very well be but if you take that argument a

00:37little backwards you will note that there has not really been any great

00:43window of difference between the Democratic Party in government and the

00:50Republican Party as ranking members when the Venezuela issue started. Prime

00:56Minister Rowley referred to Mr. Trump's first term in office as the US

01:00President. President Trump had expanded on sanctions placed there by whom? A

01:09Democratic government and Mr. Young and I have been in many rooms where we know

01:15this. We have not been dealing with this matter of Trinidad and Tobago's future

01:19and its relationship with Venezuela as a matter of the United States whoever is

01:24in office there. We've been holding the United States government to acknowledge

01:31as a government the people of Trinidad and Tobago. The Prime Minister said his

01:36administration has not only met with Democrats in office. And therefore if the

01:42government changes our argument is still the same to the United States government

01:47that you as a government recognize our position and the effects on our position

01:56regardless of who is in Washington. We might have more access to some people

02:00and others but we worked alongside Republicans. In fact when the delegation

02:05came here the last time under Secretary Blinken in that delegation was at least

02:13one Republican. Dr. Rowley made reference to some of the talks he and his

02:18delegation held in Washington DC. As a producer of fertilizer ammonia and we

02:27were able to get an understanding more easily from some Republicans who are

02:33from agricultural states and who easily and very quickly understood our position

02:40and the role that we could play than getting it from a Democrat from New York

02:45from from New Jersey who was as a matter of fact the most resilient opposition to

02:51our argument. And the Prime Minister gave an update on work regarding the

02:56dragon gas deal. As a result of that work over those months as I speak to you now

03:02there are two vessels working over the dragon field. I feel proud about that.

03:12Prime Minister Rowley said he is to travel to Barbados early next week to

03:16join other CARICOM heads of government in their meeting with a delegation from

03:21the US government. Jule Brown TV6 News

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