News

2016

  • Seminar on Rural Development Using Steel - Bengaluru | BANGALORE, INDIA - Steel Scenario Journal organized a Seminar on Rural Development using Steel on 25th June, 2016 at World Trade Center Bangalore. This is the third of the series wherein the earlier two Seminars were organized at Durgapur and Visakhapatnam. Institute of Steel ... more

  • Consul General Discusses India-S Korea Trade Ties - Mumbai | MUMBAI, INDIA - Mr. Soung-eun Kim, Consul General of the Republic of Korea, visited World Trade Centre Mumbai to discuss ways to stimulate bilateral trade and investment between India and South Korea on July 5, 2016. Mr. Kim held extensive discussion with Mr Kamal Morarka, Ch... more

  • WCF Chairman P.Mihok in interview to WTC Moscow - Moscow | MOSCOW, RUSSIA - Last week, a delegation of the World Chambers Federation Executive Committee (WCF) visited Moscow. The main purpose of their stay was participating in the forum "Strengthening cooperation between WCF system and the Russian CCI" which was held in Russia for the... more

  • WTC San Diego unveils 2016 MetroConnect cohort - San Diego | SAN DIEGO, CA, USA - San Diego Mayor Kevin L. Faulconer, World Trade Center San Diego, JPMorgan Chase & Co. and business and civic leaders unveiled the 15 companies selected to participate in the MetroConnect Program, a comprehensive support program to help local companies... more

  • ECC CEO named as one of AB's "50 Most Influential" - Edmonton | EDMONTON, CANADA - Edmonton Chamber President & CEO Recognized as one of Alberta's "50 Most Influential" July 4, 2016 A mover, a shaker, a difference maker: Edmonton Chamber of Commerce (License holder of WTC Edmonton) President and CEO Janet Riopel is all of these and m... more

  • VERBIND Indian Delegates go to Canada - Noida | WINNIPEG, CANADA - VERBIND the Trade services arm of WTC Noida, WTC GIFT and WTC Chandigarh along with an Indian delegation participated in CENTRALLIA -2016, the event witnessed the participation of more than 1000 business leaders from more than 35 countries, 5000 B2B meetings... more

  • Jaipur set to be a World Class Trade Facilitator - Jaipur | JAIPUR, INDIA - With its commitment to provide world class infrastructure for supporting foreign trade, Mr. A.O. Kuruvila, advisor to World Trade Centre Mumbai, along with Mr. Navneet Agarwal, Assistant Director – Trade Promotions, World Trade Centre Jaipur, met Rajasthan’s Mi... more

  • Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker, Representative - Washington, D.C. | WASHINGTON, DC, USA -  June 22, 2016 – The Washington International Trade Association (WITA) and the WashingtonInternational Trade Foundation (WITF) will celebrate the achievements of 38th United States Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker, Representative Earl Blumenauer (D-OR... more

  • Northern Neighbor: Toronto/SD trade relationship - San Diego | By Sean Barr, senior vice president & only in-office Canadian SAN DIEGO, CA, USA - EDC traveled to Toronto last week with our peers from Atlanta and Minneapolis to meet with metro leaders from across Canada. Facilitated by the Brookings Global Cities Initiative, the conver... more

  • Minimum Wage Hike Too Fast - Edmonton | Minimum Wage Hike Too Fast and May Hurt Those It Aims to Help, Say Edmonton and Calgary Chambers June 30, 2016 With increasing rates of business closures and bankruptcies, it’s the wrong time to add to the burdens faced by Alberta businesses with a significant increase to th... more