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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Natricia Duncan

Caribbean is friend of US, not an enemy, tariff-hit regional leaders tell Trump

Mia Mottley looks to the side as she walks out of a doorway in Downing Street
Mia Mottley, the prime minister of Barbados, during a visit to the UK on Friday. Photograph: Maja Smiejkowska/Reuters

The Caribbean is a friend, not an enemy, leaders in the region have told Donald Trump after the US president’s imposition of worldwide import tariffs.

The prime minister of Barbados, Mia Mottley, invited Trump to talk with leaders in the region and “work together to keep prices down for all of our people”, adding: “I say simply to President Trump: our economies are not doing your economy any harm in any way. They are too small to have any negative or distorted impact on your country.”

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