Lynch says U.S. support ‘here to stay’ as she departs Guyana after five years

US$2 billion agreement to finance projects in Guyana – outside of oil and gas. Lynch said deals are being hammered out for American companies to invest in significant projects here.

She said there was no competition with Guyana’s other bilateral partners such as China.

“We’ve tripled the bilateral trade over the last few years so I think we are here, we are strong and we will remain here,” she noted while acknowledging that China’s footprint is growing in Guyana as well as the broader Caribbean.

Lynch said American companies were being educated about the local procurement processes so as to ensure their competitiveness.

“Guyana has been able to attract many investors already but at the rate at which companies are coming here to look at the opportunities I think the more the country can do to modernize to digitize to have a process that’s easy to navigate. For companies that will be a guy on the stage,” she advised.