CONTACT Magazine (Vol.19 No. 2 – June 2019)
The fifth issue of the rebranded CONTACT Magazine — with a brand new editorial and design direction — produced by MEP Publishers for the Trinidad & Tobago Chamber of Industry & Commerce
The fifth issue of the rebranded CONTACT Magazine — with a brand new editorial and design direction — produced by MEP Publishers for the Trinidad & Tobago Chamber of Industry & Commerce
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<strong>Vol.19</strong> <strong>No</strong>.2 <strong>–</strong> <strong>June</strong> <strong>2019</strong><br />
Contents<br />
Editor’s note 7<br />
Natalie Dookie introduces this issue of <strong>CONTACT</strong><br />
Special Section<br />
CSME: Are we getting it right?<br />
On the cover:<br />
Mia Mottley, the Barbados Prime<br />
Minister, has the lead responsibility<br />
for the CSME (Caricom<br />
Single Market and Economy).<br />
Photo courtesy: Prime Minister’s<br />
Office, Barbados<br />
Small economies, big plans 8<br />
The CSME (Caricom Single Market and Economy) was<br />
launched with much optimism 30 years ago, but has<br />
disappointed many. Colin Soo Ping Chow examines the<br />
background<br />
Can private sector energy help push<br />
CSME forward? 14<br />
Renatta Mohammed looks at how Barbados Prime Minister<br />
Mia Mottley hopes to give CSME new energy<br />
Companies welcome CSME movement 19<br />
Karibbean Flavours and Guardian Life share their<br />
CSME experiences with Sasha Murray<br />
The voice of business: labour relations 22<br />
<strong>CONTACT</strong> talks to three business leaders about the industrial<br />
relations climate in Trinidad and Tobago and how it could be<br />
improved<br />
Are you ready for a natural disaster? 24<br />
Trinidad and Tobago is vulnerable to cyclones, earthquakes<br />
and floods, as well as other hazards. Ravindranath Goswami<br />
explains why businesses and their leaders need to be<br />
prepared<br />
Business profile: Angela Lee Loy 30<br />
Pat Ganase talks to one of Trinidad and Tobago’s most<br />
distinguished business leaders about her career and<br />
outlook, and about building her group of companies<br />
The Chamber’s growth<br />
and learning corner 35<br />
Three business leaders tell <strong>CONTACT</strong> what they have<br />
been reading as they seek continually to expand their horizons<br />
Innovation in business:<br />
meet the “agripreneurs” 36<br />
Jeanette Awai meets young entrepreneurs building innovative<br />
projects in the agriculture sector<br />
Five top facts about the Caricom market 41<br />
Test your knowledge about our regional market and its<br />
members with Sasha Murray<br />
Economic outlook 43<br />
The Chamber’s experts review the current global and regional<br />
situation and look ahead towards the rest of <strong>2019</strong><br />
Energy update 46<br />
How is our vital oil and gas sector doing? Here’s the recent data<br />
Welcome to new members 48<br />
The Chamber extends a warm greeting to members who have<br />
recently joined<br />
4 JUNE <strong>2019</strong> chamber.org.tt
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