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Economy & Business - June 2025
Trinidad & Tobago’s new government faces fiscal squeeze
Veteran centrist Trinidad & Tobago politician Kamla Persad-Bissessar was sworn in as the country’s new prime minister on 1 May, after her party, the United National Congress (UNC) won a landslide victory on 28 April. She now faces some hard fiscal choices.
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