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While the US is by far Jamaica’s largest trading partner, the country has also been a conduit for China’s push into the region. Jamaica is the Caribbean’s biggest beneficiary of Chinese investment at $3.16 billion, according to the US House Foreign Affairs Committee.

Hill said those loans came at a time “when, frankly, the United Sates was busy doing other stuff.”

The last of those loans dates back to about 2017 and China holds around 4% of the nation’s total debt stock. At the time they were used to build industrial parks, highways and finance economic development projects. Now, what the island wants is investments, according to Hill.

“We’re not looking for loans,” he said. “We are at a place where we have moved our balance sheet to a position where it can stand on its own.”

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