Guyana’s Economic Future At Risk With Trump’s Tariff I Caribbean Focus
This is the real story of Guyana—a small South American nation with fewer than one million people, once among the continent’s poorest, now suddenly one of the fastest-growing economies in the world thanks to a massive oil discovery in the Stabroek Block.
With ExxonMobil at the helm and crude oil exports surging, Guyana was on track to become one of the top 20 oil producers by the late 2020s, boasting an eye-popping 38.8% GDP growth. The world saw an underdog finally winning… until a shockwave from the Trump administration changed everything.
➡️ A 38% import tariff—nearly double what China pays—was slapped on Guyana’s goods, despite U.S. promises that energy products would be exempt.
➡️ The twist? Most of Guyana’s exports are American-owned oil, shipped back to the U.S. by giants like ExxonMobil, which holds a 75% stake in its largest oil field.
➡️ Even the Vice President of Guyana was blindsided—calling for urgent talks, citing special ties with the U.S., and warning that this could derail the country’s fragile success story.
Will the dream of prosperity turn into a nightmare?
Can Guyana break free from the resource trap and build a resilient economy?
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CHAPTERS:
► 0:00 Guyana’s Economic Future At Risk With Trump’s 38% Tariff
► 0:46 38% Tariff On Imports
► 1:11 Discovery Of Its Oil Riches
► 2:25 The White House Executive Order
► 4:37 The Trump Administration’s Tariff Formula
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Guyanese U have to be on ur guard. there r and will be wolves in sheep,s clothing. Oh Father God
Don't trade in US dollars and problem solved.
Suriname has also a dispute with the border with Guyana
If the Venezuelan government of Nicolás Maduro decides tomorrow to annex the Essequibo area following a military action following a referendum, the Guyanese will be faced with a taste of their own medicine. The Venezuelans have been claiming the Essequibo area for decades, because they assume that during the colonial administration of the British – in what is now called Guyana – the aforementioned area was confiscated by the German Robert Hermann Schomburgk by drawing up false maps. . Venezuela was certainly no match for the British militarily at that period, so the area was added to Guyana. It must be clear that the British also wanted a so-called foothold on the mainland of South America. On our side too, the British have done everything they can to steal territory from the other colonizers in the North Sea. The fact that part of present-day Guyana also belonged to the colony of Suriname can still be deduced from the Dutch names in certain places. But it was the same Robert Hermann Schomburgk who ascended the Corentijn and also after this journey drew up a false map for the British, in which he indicated that the Coeroeni Cutari was the upper course of the Corantijn River. He had not seen the truly much larger stream of water that we call the Upper Corantijn. Later, upon further investigation by the British Barrington Brown, the Upper Corantijn – which he called the New River – turned out to be the real upper course, creating the so-called Tigri Delta, located between Coeroeni, Cutari, Upper Corantijn and the Acarai Mountains, without there was no doubt that it should be regarded as Surinamese territory. However, the British wanted nothing to do with Barrington Brown's findings. In 1969, before our political independence, President Forbes Burnham of Guyana, which became independent in 1966, decided to occupy the Tigri Delta by means of military force. As is known, the Netherlands, which still had to defend Suriname as a part of the empire, did not intervene. Due to this annexation and the violent actions of Guyana, Suriname still has a border dispute with that country, just like Venezuela has with the Guyanese over the Essequibo area. The Guyanese government is now screaming bloody murder and is seeking support all over the world against a possible Venezuelan attack to take over the area militarily, but Suriname should absolutely not side with Guyana when it comes to the Essequibo issue. Guyana has occupied part of our territory since 1969, and does everything if the area belongs to it. We may be part of the English-speaking club CARICOM, which immediately supported Guyana, but we have been robbed by the Guyanese for more than 54 years. They have taken our territory hostage with military force and we should not accept that for a moment and certainly should not side with them when it concerns the Essequibo issue between Venezuela and the Guyanese. The fact that the Venezuelans now want to take back the area, if necessary with the use of the much stronger Venezuelan army, of course has everything to do with the large oil and natural gas reserves that have been discovered off the coast of the aforementioned area. This border dispute could have enormous consequences for security in our area, which can be described as the Guyanas. An area that runs from the Orinoco to the Oyapock. It is understandable that Venezuela may wish to use military resources. Isn't that what the Guyanese did to us in 1969, when The Hague did everything it could to get the police unit out of the Tigri area and was under former officer Lapre. The Netherlands did not want to have trouble with NATO partner Great Britain, that was clear at the time. But we now live in the 21st century and must not forget that we have a Ukraine and a Gaza, where major powers commit actions that can cause changes within geopolitics, including on our continent, when business and major financial interests come into play. This is about oil, that's what it was about in Iraq too. We can always talk about green energy and electric cars, but oil is still of great and survival importance for most economies and that is why the Venezuelan-Guyanese border conflict can still cause a lot of trouble for all of us. And especially if world powers get involved. Is oil a blessing or a curse? Unfortunately, this will also be expressed or expressed in this region.
Surinamese Newspaper / Source: De West, d.d., 19-11-2023
Guyana needs a refineries
Joke , Get the Corrupt and substandard CCP projects out of Guyana
Guyana presedent is a house slave to u s that why he cancle b r I c s the opposition should advocate to the country their intention to go b r I c s. As Jamaica has done the world is getting a new dawn and guyana should see and know that they should participate for the better of the two world which is b r I c s and do not be stupid as the p.m❤😂
Public comments. Guyana government needs to put taxes on oil companies..no loopholes..no flairing..no pollution. No toxic
TRUMP HAS MADE USA TO THE GREATEST THREAT WORLDWIDE FOR MANKIND
Thats why China show dont ever rely on one country, diversity is the best thing to do. Wake up world the USA is the biggest crap in this world. They want to cripple everyone but themself time the world shift to China and isolaten and ban everything what is USA. The world need fair trade, souverenity, mutual respect and not an arogant, hypocrite, manupilator, warmongol country like the US. Wake up world its time the world shift towards China
Guyana is a pack of dunce, fool by brainless bigots.
Let Guyana's oil money make the country rich, and let not other countries rob Guyana from its own oil
Join BRICS. You won't win with criminals.
Better deal with China and Russia.
They always steal your oil. Look at venesuala
Nothing is at risk just bring your tariff down to zero
Don't ever trust trump and Maga
That's figured Is wrong because under the PPPC Government at all times we do well only under APNU AFC PNC pncr we suffer no food for our kids so make your mouth right
dunce thugs leadership don't know what America first means
Donald trump. He is lies and bullying Guyana people democracy
America wants your oil…raise the price
Or guyanese can choose where to sell their fuckin oil
Divine protection, divine blessings, divine love 💗 and peace for Beautiful Guyana 🇬🇾 and her people, divine wisdom, divine understanding over Guyana leaders. 🙏🏾❤
Leave our beautiful Guyana alone. Guyana was Neva poor, it has always been rich in resources. I grew up in guyana and was never poor. All the countries allyah call poor have always been robbed by the US and the UK.
They are using USA exon mobil to find and extract the oil and security from Venezuela and giving all the profits and business imports to China