Government has told one of the island’s leading rum producers, Sir David Seale, owner of the Foursquare Rum Refinery, it was not turning a blind eye to the concerns the sector. Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, touring the St Philip plant on Friday with Sir David, said Government had communicated those concerns including unfair trade practices affecting Barbados’ rum products to the United States and Barbados’ ambassador to Washington.Here, Sir David (right) shows the Prime Minister and his Permanent Secretary Sonja Welch (centre) the rum storage unit at Foursquare. (Picture by Nigel Browne.)