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Gazprom Export provides
support for
TOBB-ETU students
The world’s largest integrated
natural gas company, Gazprom,
will provide scholarships for 8
students from the TOBB-ETU
International Entrepreneurship
Department Russia program. This
will involve spending a year at
the Moscow National University.
This opportunity will benefit the
students’ training in the Russian
language as well as garnering first-
hand experience with the Russian
economy, trade legislation and
culture.
Preferential
trade should
be
practiced amongst
Islamic countries
Islamic Chamber of Commerce
Industry and Agriculture (ICCIA)
Vice President and TOBB President
M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu and the TOBB
Board Vice President İbrahim Çağlar
attended the 18th ICCIA Board
Meeting, the 15th Private Sector
Meeting, the 7th Businesswomen
Forum, the D-8 Federation of
Chambers of Commerce and Industry
(FCCI) meeting and the 14th Trade
Fair which took place in the capital of
Iran, Tehran. Hisarcıklıoğlu requested
the support of Iran for instating the
Preferential Trade Agreement.
EU-USA Trans-Atlantic Trade
and Investment Partnership
and
Turkey Report
The Trans-Atlantic
Partnership decision is not a new
development. It should be viewed
as a part of a situation which
began with the establishment
of transatlantic relations by the
two sides 20 years ago. When
the economic size of the two
parties and their relations with
each other are considered, the
importance of this strategic move
is even more significant.
The super power
shaping the future:
South Korea
The Republic of South Korea, a
developed country, rose by 3 places
to be the 12
th
country in the list of
60 strong economies of the world by
the World Economic Forum Financial
Development 2012 Yearly Report.
With this, South Korea has moved up
by 9 positions in the last two years.
