Pipeline Project Announced

Prime Minister Patrick Manning has reiterated his support for Trinidad and Tobago's entry into an economic and political union with the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). According to Manning, the economic problems confronting the Eastern Caribbean pose a threat to the economic and well-being of the twin-island republic. Trinidad and Tobago, along with St Lucia, Grenada and St Vincent and the Grenadines, have indicated their willingness to form a union by 2013. However, other Caribbean countries (most vocally Jamaica) have said that such a scenario would jeopardise the long-term aims of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

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