OIC - TRADE - Pakistan not interested in PTA with Turkey

Pakistan is reportedly not interested in Preferential Trade Agreement (PTA) with Turkey as the latter's offered list is not beneficial to the former, well informed sources told Business Recorder.

An official delegation led by Commerce Secretary Zafar Mahmood is leaving for Turkey on Tuesday (today) to attend Joint Ministerial Commission (JMC) meeting in which different economic issues and future economic ties will come under discussion, the sources added.  (source)

CAPITAL MARKETS - Pmex representation in Turkey: commodity trading policy frameworks discussed

Pakistan Mer-cantile Exchange (Pmex) was recently invited to participate and make a formal presentation in a seminar on 'Experiences in Establishing Effective Commodity Exchanges in IDB member Countries.' The seminar was held on 15th-16th December 2011 in Ankara, Turkey and was organised by the Islamic Development Bank, its subsidiary International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation and the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkey.

Participants in the seminar included commodity exchanges and chambers of commerce from IDB member countries, financial institutions, as well as international consultants and specialists in the area of commodity trading, financing and warehousing. (source)