Businesses Discuss World Trade Organization Membership

 The Windward Islands Chamber of Commerce and the Windward Islands Commercial Association will hold a meeting in Mindelo on Monday, August 22, opens to all of the business operators in Cape Verde’s northern islands. The objective of the meeting is to analyze the process by which Cape Verde intends to join the World Trade Organization, with a highlight on the government’s proposal to alter the legal framework for foreign trade and the move’s possible impact on commercial activities throughout the archipelago.

During the meeting Cape Verdean government officials will introduce the business operators present to a number of aspects related to Cape Verde’s bid to join the World Trade Organization. They also intend to hear the opinions and suggestions of the entrepreneurs in order to help them formalize the proposal they intend to submit to the executive for approval.

The meeting will also be used to analyze the potential impact of the measures proposed by the government aimed at improving the economic activities of companies operating in the sector of trade in Cape Verde.

Source: ASemanaOnline (August 20, 2005)