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invited them to invest in Turkey.
Hisarcıklıoğlu also met with
the Singaporean Chamber
of Commerce and Industry
President Lim Hng Kiang.
TOBB President
Hisarcıklıoğlu drew attention
to the similarities between
Singapore and Turkey, and that
joint investments are very viable,
especially in the fields of tourism
and healthcare sectors.
Relations with Turkey”, “Rule of
Law in Turkey, Democracy and
Human Rights”, “Relations with
Turkey in regards to the Cyprus
Issue,” and “Relations with Turkey
in regards to Regional Issues”. The
EU’s note for relations with Turkey
in 2013 is a “C”.
European Council of Foreign
Relations (ECFR), one of the
EU’s prominent think tanks, has
published its annual report on
the performances of the EU and
its member states in regards to
their foreign relations, “Europe
Foreign Policy Scoreboard 2014”.
According to the ECFR report
2013, compared to the last 3 years,
has been a year in which the EU
has increased its activity in the
field of foreign politics.
EU’s relations with Turkey is
investigated under four chapters
in the ECFR report: “Bilateral
The Agreement for the
Facilitation of Trade, the preparations
for which began under the umbrella
of the World Trade Organization in
2004, was signed in Bali between
December 3
rd
and 6
th
, 2013 at the 9
th
WTO Ministers’ Conference. This is
also the first multilateral agreement
to be signed following the
establishment of the WTO in 1995.
The EU’s 2013
foreign policy statement
Hisarcıklıoğlu
met with
CEOs in Japan
TOBB President M. Rifat
Hisarcıklıoğlu, as a part of the Far
East tour he attended with Prime
Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan,
conducted several meetings in
Japan. Hisarcıklıoğlu invited the
Far East business world to invest
in Turkey.
Talking with Singaporean
investors prior to the Turkey-
Singapore Business Forum, taking
place in Singapore, Hisarcıklıoğlu
Agreement for the
Facilitation
of Trade
