24.06.2020 Ankara

The Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey (TOBB) President Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu met with the heads of companies of EU, UK and Swiss origin operating in Turkey, and the German-Turkish Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AHK) established by TOBB and the German Chamber of Commerce and Industry (AHK) via video conference method.

Attending the meeting were AHK President Dr. Markus Slevogt, President of the Turkish-French Chamber of Commerce, Zeynep Necipoğlu, President of the Italian Chamber of Commerce and Industry Association Livio Manzini, President of the Dutch Chamber of Commerce Turkey Office Caspar Van Haaften, Turkish, Belgian, Luxembourg Trade Association President Levent Apaydın, Austrian Trade Advisor and WKÖ Turkey Representative Georg Karabaczek, President of UK Chamber of Commerce in Turkey, Chris Gaunt and President of the Swiss Chamber of Commerce in Turkey

The subjects of development of bilateral trade relations throughout Covid-19, problems in the supply chain, and the business environment in Turkey, the importance of updating the Turkish-EU Customs Union were highlighted. 

Furthermore, in terms of improving bilateral trade relations, the importance of the Turkey-UK Free Trade Agreement negotiations and the Turkey-EFTA Free Trade Agreement, which is in the process of ratification in Parliament, were underlined.