Assistant Secretary, Economic, Energy and Business Affairs, U.S. Department of State Jose W. Fernandez and Assistant Secretary, Department of Commerce Michael Camunez visited TOBB on January 24th, 2011. In the framework of the meeting, ideas were exchanged on increasing efforts on Turkey-US economic and trade relations.
M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu, President of TOBB expressed that “Today the most important challenge of Turkish economy is to transform from an efficiency-driven economy to an innovation-driven economy. I believe the United States have a lot to contribute to Turkey in overcoming this challenge. The stronger the Turkish economy, the stronger our model partnership will be.”
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