TRINIDAD & TOBAGO

摘要

After two years of decline, Trinidad and Tobago's economy has bounced back this year with an estimated 2.5% growth, and a new five-party People's Partnership coalition government was elected in May to maximize the benefits of this growth.Led by the country's first female prime minister, Kamla Persad-Bissessar, the new administration is committed to reconstructing the economy and ending the nation's dependency on its oil and gas resources within the next 20 years.The twin-island state is the world's fifth-largest exporter of liquid natural gas and the single-largest supplier to the U.S., having provided two-thirds of its needs for the past eight years.