Newly appointed Minister of Finance, Vishnu Dhanpaul, left, shares a light moment with Minister in the Ministry of Finance Brian Manning and Minister of Foreign and Caricom Affairs, Amery Browne, at yesterday’s swearing-in ceremony of the new Cabinet at President’s House in St Ann’s yesterday. PHOTO BY ABRAHAM DIAZ

T&T’s business leaders are largely optimistic and eager to work with new Minister of Finance, Vishnu Dhanpaul, and are calling on him to address the thorny issue of foreign exchange availability. Dhanpaul was sworn in on Monday afternoon, replacing Colm Imbert who, after almost ten years as Finance Minister, was reassigned to the Ministry of Public Utilities.