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Economy & Business - August 2026
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO: Business and the state of emergency
On 11 June the Trinidad & Tobago parliament approved a three-month extension of the State of Emergency (SoE), which will now run to mid-September. For approximately 10 of the last 14 months the country has been under emergency rule. The business community is in two minds about the measure.
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