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Delegations of the Kosovo and
Serbia Chambers of Commerce
and Industry convened in Ankara,
hosted by TOBB at the Twin
Towers. Attending the meeting as
facilitator, TOBB President and
EUROCHAMBRES Vice President
M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu expressed
his pleasure in hosting the Chamber
Presidents of both countries during
his opening speech.
The first technical meeting was
held between the two parties in
June, 2013, reported Hisarcıklıoğlu
and said, “I’ve always believed that
trade can help politicians in solving
difficult problems. We can see
that the business communities of
both regions strongly support the
normalization process.”
Drawing attention to the strong
relations built on common sense by
the Kosovo and Serbia Chambers
of Commerce and Industry,
Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “They will
cooperate closely to provide the best
business environment and climate
for their business communities.”
World Trade
Organization Annual
Report and
what it
means for Turkey
TOBB Board Vice
President and Aegean
Regional Chambers of
Industry Chair Ender
Yorgancılar represented
TOBB at the Western
Balkans Regional Chambers
Conference held in Vienna
by the Austrian Chamber of
Economy prior to the Western
Balkans Regional Conference
to be held in August.
WKÖ Vice Chair Martha
Schultz gave the opening
speech of the conference
followed by speeches from
the Serbian Chamber of
Commerce and Industry
Chair Marko Cadez, Kosovo
Chamber of Commerce
Chair Safet Gërxhaliu,
Eurochambres International
Relations Director Dirk
Vantyghem and TOBB Vice
Chair Ender Yorgancılar.
Yorgancılar expressed
Turkey and the Turkish
business community’s
support for endeavors which
aim to improve peace, stability
and economic development in
Western Balkan countries.
Western Balkans Regional
Chambers Conference
In recent months, the World Trade
Organization (WTO) published its trade
statistics report. According to the report,
with recent growth figures, the global
economy is showing signs of recovery
following the 2008 financial upheavals.
However, according to WTO economists,
this growth stays below 5.1%, the average
global growth rate of the last 20 years.
Global economic growth rate increased
from 2.8% in 2014 to 3.3% in 2015 and is
expected to increase to 4% in 2016. Thus,
the trade increase which was below GNP
for the last three years will exceed it once
again in 2015 and 2016. 2014 figures
show us that, despite moderate recovery in
the economy for three consecutive years,
growth has been below 3% each time.
Kosovo and Serbia Chamber
Presidents
met at TOBB