Tith Rithipul, undersecretary of state and acting director general of international trade at the Ministry of Commerce, met with a US Trade Representative (USTR) delegation led by Wallis Yu, director for Southeast Asia and Pacific affairs,
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Sri Lanka hopes US businesses will invest in the Chinese funded Colombo Port City.
Ambassador Ravinatha Aryasinha had a virtual meeting with Ambassador Christopher Wilson, Assistant U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) for South and Central Asia and reviewed bilateral trade and investment relations between the two countries.
At the meeting, Ambassador Aryasinha said Sri Lanka was hopeful that US investors and businesses will take advantage of and enter the multifaceted development opportunities that will soon be made possible with the opening of the Colombo Port City.
He said the Cabinet of Ministers had recently approved the parameters for the drafting of the Colombo Port City Commission Bill to meet national requirements and to attract foreign investments.