Fiji, April 30 -- Pacific Island countries face mounting economic pressure from global trade disruptions, debt risks, and shrinking remittances, the International Monetary Fund(IMF)has warned.

In an interview with PACNEWS, Nada Choueiri, Deputy Director of the IMF's Asia & Pacific Department, said slowing growth in key partner countries due to trade tensions is already impacting Pacific economies-and the effects are likely to deepen.

"Remittance flows would also be expected to shrink, as the trade tensions lower growth in neighbouring countries. But we won't be able to measure the impacts for some time, because of the time it takes to compile and publish the data," Choueiri said.

She highlighted debt sustainability as a persistent conc...