During a delegation visit to the emirate on Aug. 6, some members
from the Dubai Chamber of Commerce and Industry met with EU businessmen
from six European countries.
Chamber leaders announced that the leading
business facilitator is arranging more than 100 meetings between representatives
from both groups to take place during the trip.
There are more than 51 business executives and decision
makers from the U.K., Belgium, Greece, Hungary, Italy and Lithuania that make up
the European delegation, headed by Peter Bishop, deputy chief of London Chamber.
Representatives come from more than 10 different economic industries, including travel and leisure transport, business services and consultancy, tourism,
construction, oil and gas, education, renewable energy, fashion and design,
health care, IT and ICT, and food and beverage.
Senior Vice-President of Commercial Services Sector with the
Dubai Chamber Atiq Nasib noted that before economic and trade partnerships
could be built, both parties must engage in an open discussion — highlighting the
importance of the meetings planned during the visit. He added that the request
for the meetings indicated a positive outlook for Dubai’s private business and trade
realm.
The Dubai Chamber has nearly 193,000 members, and Nasib said the chamber is reaching out to each of them to promote meetings with European
counterparts in order to stay competitive and aware of coming changes within
their industry and global marketplace as a whole.
Dubai traders have shown growth even in dealing with
economic downturns, according to Nasib, by diversifying exports to 208
international destinations during the first half of the year. This report shows
a 6 percent growth over the same period last year, which documents only 199
destinations of exported goods.
The Senior Vice-President of Dubai Chamber Commercial
Services Sector projected that the chamber would only continue to grow as dialogue
with businessmen from the European countries developed. Those working in the emirate’s trade business are excited about joint investment opportunities to
further advance the economy.
