“Given the small size and limited resilience of the commonwealth's economy, the margin for error has effectively vanished,” the CNMI’s top political leaders said in a Jan. 6 letter to President Donald Trump.

Gov. Lou Leon Guerrero speaks before the Guam Chamber of Commerce on Jan. 28, 2026. Photo courtesy of the Office of the Governor of Guam  By Pacific Island Times News Staff   Guam is setting an ambitious goal to shift gears toward technological production as part of its economic diversification, while reassessing its tourism strategy.   “We are developing an industrial park to prepare Guam for rapid-deployment manufacturing, including potential CHIPS-related semiconductor and