WORLDWIDE BUSINESS FEDERATIONS NEWS

CCPIT Chairman attends China-Australia Economic & Trade Cooperation Forum
The forum hopes to expand bilateral trade & contributing to development of Sino-Australian relations

EK: Finland’s place and future are at the core of the European Union
Decisions taken to reform and shape European Union will have important impact on Finland

RSPP President: SMEs support is one of key priorities of the G20 agenda
President Alexander Shokhin participated in the B20 events under the German presidency

IBEC: FinTech strong jobs growth points to Brexit’s potential
Opportunity for new sectors of IFS to channel prosperity & growth right across Ireland

CCPIT: 2017 trade events and trade & investment promotion projects
CCPIT will strive to open up new dimensions in trade and investment promotion

DI: Trade barriers have made their entrance in the digital world
More and more countries have started to demand that data be locally stored and processed

CSC: Saudi-Indonesian Business Forum tackles economic cooperation
Joint council to facilitate business & investment opportunities in the two countries

SBF and SPH extend collaboration on ‘Belt & Road’ portal
Initiative identified by both governments as a focal point of China-Singapore bilateral cooperation

RSPP: President Alexander Shokhin meets BDI during visit to Munich
Dr. Shokhin emphasized that the potential of EU & EAEU economic integration should be used

IBEC highlights need to address infrastructure imbalance in Ireland
IBEC report calls for speeding up National Planning Framework

Keidanren: Chairman Sakakibara’s comments on the Japan-US leaders’ meet
Keidanren to build wide-ranging networks across all levels of American society

DI: EU and Gulf Cooperation Council countries take step towards free trade
Six GCC countries sign agreement with BusinessEurope – first step towards an FTA with EU

EK: The general Finnish business outlook is expected to improve gradually
The business outlook for Finnish companies is slightly brighter than before

DI: Hard Brexit announcement spells trouble for Danish businesses
A “hard Brexit” will be hardest on British companies and the British population

RSPP: Executive VP Cherepov met U.S.-Russia Business Council delegation
Opportunities for promoting innovative technologies in Russia discussed

Keidanren: Chairman Sakakibara’s statement on new US administration
The Japanese business community will not give up on TPP

CCPIT: Handling global economic & trade frictions for Chinese enterprises
Through lobbying & consultation CCPIT helps develop & maintain the international market

CSC: Initiatives of Saudi-French business council for sustained partnership
Report presents 13 initiatives that form a roadmap to Saudi-French trade and economic relations

CCPIT: China-ASEAN cross-border e-commerce platform launched
Platform to be driving force for innovation & development of China and ASEAN markets

Keidanren: Building a solid path to a GDP 600 trillion Yen economy
New Year message from Sadayuki Sakakibara, Chairman of Keidanren

SBF: Businesses will continue to face challenging times in the coming years
National Business Survey 2016/17 drew responses from across all major industries

EK: How to restore people’s faith in the EU?
Do our utmost to make sure that European businesses can develop, invest, operate and trade successfully

DK calls for a joint private and public sector digital hub initiative
The initiative, Digital hub DK to bring entrepreneurs, students and the established business community together

EK report – Take a Leap into Circular Economy
New report on how Finnish companies have succeeded in embracing the circular economy

CSC: Saudi & Turkish business sectors sign agreements on trade cooperation
The meeting resulted in signing eight MoUs in the industrial, real estate, finance, and military industries sectors

CSC: Saudi and British business sectors discuss PPP
Workshop focused on seeking the best practices to implement PPP enterprises, technically, financially, and legislatively

CCPIT: Peru-China business seminar held in Lima
Aim to help Chinese enterprises understand the investment environment in Peru and build a cooperation platform for enterprises on both sides

SBF supports ABAC’s call for APEC to resist protectionism
The challenge for political and business leaders is to ensure that their people can benefit from globalization and integration

Keidanren: India-Japan Business Leaders Forum 2016
Strengthening economic relationship under a regime of free & open trade and investment

CSC discuss economic relations with Dutch Ambassador
Food security, petrochemicals, constructions, training, & healthcare areas discussed