VIDEO: UWI Five Islands Principal on how Trump Tariffs will affect Caribbean nations

Published April 15, 2025, 8:45 AM

C. Justin Robinson, Principal and Professor of Corporate Finance at UWIFC weighs in on the global economic situation as it relates to US trade policy.

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Comments (3)

Anonymous April 16, 2025, 5:18 PM

This guy needs to shut up about US stuff and if he’s so smart fix the carribean problem. Everyone is an expert and don’t know JACK$HIZBIT.
Unruly One April 15, 2025, 7:20 PM

This man has brilliant mind, we need to protect him.
Stone April 15, 2025, 11:14 AM

What I am not hearing is how the Caribbean governments plan to tackle this problem. This is big and I think a holistic approach is the way forward, strength in numbers and all that, but then that’s just my humble opinion the powers that be are probably going to come up with individual strategies based on their strengths and weaknesses

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