03.04.2025 Brussels

The President of the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Türkiye (TOBB) M. Rifat Hisarcıklıoğlu attended the Türkiye-European Union (EU) High Level Economic Dialogue (HLED) Meeting held in Brussels.

In his statement on social media, Hisarcıklıoğlu said, “Within the scope of the Türkiye-EU High Level Economic Dialogue meeting held after 6 years, we held the ‘Türkiye-EU High Level Business Dialogue’ event in Brussels.

The meeting was attended by our Minister of Treasury and Finance Mehmet Şimşek, European Commission Economic Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis, European Commission Commission Commissioner for Neighborhood and Enlargement Marta Kos and business representatives from Europe and Türkiye.

We explained the importance of Türkiye for the European Union at a time of increasing divergence in global trade. We emphasized the Turkish business world’s demand for modernization of the customs union for more trade and the need to solve the problems experienced in visas.”