US TARIFFS POTENTIAL IMPACT ON T&T

Prime Minister Stuart Young made a brief mention of the issue of tariffs in general, as the U.S. issued a baseline tariff to take effect on Friday.

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00:00Mr Stuart Young made a brief mention of the issue of tariffs in general, as the US issued

00:05a baseline tariff to take effect on Friday.

00:08The Prime Minister also told those at the TNT Chambers event about what he said was

00:13an important decision voters have to make on April 28th.

00:19You have to decide whose reputation and credibility can go into those boardrooms across the globe,

00:28negotiate with the most sophisticated negotiators, the oil and gas sector, have earned the respect

00:37and the credibility in those areas to continue to have billions of US dollars invested in

00:45Trinidad and Tobago.

00:47Prime Minister Young also referred to his recent meeting in Jamaica with the US Secretary

00:51of State Marco Rubio, who also holds the key to the Dragon Gas Deal with Venezuela.

00:58You have a decision to make.

01:00As you hear persons scream and attack the Dragon Gas Deal, persons in this room I am

01:07certain understand the importance of that supply of gas for the continued success and

01:15the upward trajectory of Trinidad and Tobago in the energy sector.

01:20It serves no one's purpose if you want what is best for Trinidad and Tobago.