Mia Mottley

This is how they're going to relate to you.

And China and India and others come along and say, oh, these are some of your real development needs.

Oh, you need a gymnasium.

You need help in building a port.

You need help in doing roads.

we're going to lend you the money at 3%, or 2%, or 4%.

Who else is lending you that money?

Nobody.

So I think that

Remember what I said, we want to be friends of all, satellites of none.

So we're not looking to be anybody's pawn.

But at the same time, we're not looking to be disadvantaged or unfaired because you don't believe I should talk to my neighbor.

When in truth and fact, the neighbor's done me nothing.

And then secondly, when I look at your circumstances, you have greater exposure with your treasuries to them than I have.

The Chinese hold 4% of my debt.

It can't do me, it can do me less than a hurricane can do me.

There are others who hold a far greater percentage of my debt and the Chinese hold far greater percentages of debt in the developed world, in the G7 countries.

It almost feels like a contradiction then in some ways.

It's almost like some of the larger countries are basically restricting smaller countries

from engaging in the best way, or even in an autonomous way, in the way that they feel is best for them.