Is Talking About Fixing T&T’s Economy Enough When the Forex Is Burning?

当特多的外汇正在‘烧钱’，空谈经济改革够用吗？

The Prime Minister’s call for ministers to 'work harder' sounds noble, but after seven months in office, where’s the action on foreign exchange? Reserves have dropped from 8 to 5 months of import cover—dangerously close to the 3-month safety line.

总理呼吁部长们‘更加努力工作’听起来很高尚，但上任七个月了，外汇问题到底干了什么？外汇储备已从8个月降到5个月的进口覆盖，离3个月的安全线越来越近。

We’ve got new Central Bank leadership and PSOTT, but ministries are still just talking. Where are the export results? How many manufacturing jobs have actually been created? 'Cleaning the Augean stables' won’t feed a hungry horse.

我们有了新的央行领导和PSOTT，但各部委仍在空谈。出口成果在哪？实际创造了多少制造业岗位？‘清扫奥革阿斯的牛圈’也喂不饱一匹饥饿的马。

Import Business Owner, Chaguanas (查瓜纳斯进口商老板)

Let me tell you something real: I can’t get dollars to pay for shipments arriving next week. I’m holding goods at the port, paying penalties. We’re not asking for miracles—just access to forex so we don’t collapse.

跟你说点实在的：我拿不到美元支付下周到港的货物。货卡在港口，还得交滞纳金。我们不是要奇迹——只求能拿到外汇，别让我们破产。

Policy Wonk at UWI (西印度大学政策研究者)

The real issue isn’t effort—it’s coordination. Three ministries claim forex oversight, but none have KPIs. You can’t manage what you don’t measure. It’s bureaucracy on overdrive.

真正的问题不是努力程度，而是协调性。三个部委都说管外汇，但都没设定绩效指标。无法衡量，就无法管理。这是官僚主义的超载运行。

Skeptical Civil Servant (怀疑的公务员)

I’ve been in the system 15 years. Every new team says ‘we’ll fix it’—then they become part of the machinery. PSOTT? Just another committee that meets and talks.

我在体制内干了15年。每届新班子都说‘我们来整改’——然后他们自己就成了机器的一部分。PSOTT？不过是又一个开会空谈的委员会。

Agri Grad, Jobless Six Months (农业毕业生，失业六个月)

They talk about agro-processing and jobs for youth. I studied agriculture for four years. Where’s my job?

他们总说要搞农产品加工，要给年轻人就业机会。我读了四年农业，我的工作在哪？

Trade Ministry Insider (贸工部内部人士)

We drafted 12 e-commerce initiatives. The paperwork is stuck in Planning Ministry. They’re ‘reviewing’—since March.

我们起草了12项电商计划。文件卡在规划部，他们说在‘审核’——从三月就开始了。

Retired Economist, Curepe (库里佩退休经济学家)

Back in ‘85, we fixed a forex crisis in six months. Why? Because the PM chaired a daily crisis cell. No one was ‘too busy’ to answer the phone.

1985年我们六个月内就解决了外汇危机。为什么？因为总理亲自领导每日危机小组。没人敢说‘没空接电话’。

Startup Founder, Port of Spain (西班牙港初创企业创始人)

We applied for an import license for tech gear. Six weeks, zero response. Meanwhile, the Minister tweets about ‘innovation nation’.

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