South Africa desires balance in trade ties; willing to consider slashing tariffs for tea exports ft.lk - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from ft.lk Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
South Africa willing to consider slashing tariffs for SL tea exports
December, 28, 2020
Outgoing South African High Commissioner in Colombo, Robina P. Marks stated that South Africa is willing to consider slashing tariffs for Sri Lankan tea exports to give some relief to Sri Lanka.
Delivering the opening remarks at Sri Lanka – South Africa Business Promotion Meeting organized recently by the Lakshman Kadirgamar Institute for International Relations and Strategic Studies (LKI), High Commissioner Marks said; “we would consider, possibly, a request to lower for a period of time not exceeding three years, tea tariffs.… to give some relief to Sri Lanka … in the spirit of supporting developing countries become sustainable as they can be.”
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International Forum on New Inclusive Asia 2020 held
December 17, 2020
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan: The International Forum on New Inclusive Asia 2020 was held on Thursday under the theme “BRI- Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic changing reality and the way forward”.
The Forum was co-organized by the Islamabad-based Center for Global & Strategic Studies (CGSS), Malaysia’s Center for New Inclusive Asia, and Sri Lanka’s Verite Research Strategic Analysis in partnership with the Institute of the Belt and Road Initiative, Tsinghua University.
The Forum was supported by BRSN, the official international network of more than 100 BRI think tanks worldwide.
A panel of 16 distinguished experts/scholars from eight Countries participated at IFNIA 2020 including Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Maldives, China, Japan, Thailand, and Bangladesh.