Press Release:- His Excellency Dr Irfaan Ali said that a number of imposed barriers to regional trade can be withdrawn in a short space of time if capacity building and trading opportunities are prioritised. The President delivered an enthralling address at the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association (TTMA) President’s Dinner and Award Ceremony on Tuesday evening, where he lobbied for members and stakeholders of the CARICOM region to see their economic operating space as one. Manufactured goods, he noted, is being imported seven times more than it is being exported, despite there being countries in the region with abundant natural