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Trinidad and To­ba­go’s rapid eco­nom­ic growth be­tween 1998 and 2014 was dri­ven by for­eign di­rect in­vest­ment in Liq­ue­fied Nat­ur­al Gas (LNG) and petro­chem­i­cals. As a re­sult, the econ­o­my ex­pand­ed rapid­ly. Boom con­di­tions do not last for­ev­er. The weak eco­nom­ic per­for­mance since 2014 is the re­sult of a weak­ened en­er­gy sec­tor. First, be­cause en­er­gy prices dipped in 2

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