"Preparatory Meeting for the Türkiye-EFTA FTA Joint Committee Talks" Held...

Within the framework of the 1st Joint Committee Meeting (JCM) of the revised Türkiye-EFTA Free Trade Agreement (FTA) to be held on August 29, 2023 between our country and the EFTA countries (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland), a general assessment meeting was held under the chairmanship of Hüsnü Dilemre, Director General of International Agreements and the European Union at the Ministry of Trade, with the aim of formulating requests relating to Article 8 of the agenda, titled "Trade in Services," as part of the said JCM work.

The meeting, at which the difficult visa process Turkish citizens experience with EU countries, opportunities for cooperation on co-productions such as series and films in the cultural field, steps to be taken in the area of tourism services, international road transport quotas, health tourism and e-commerce were discussed, was attended on behalf of TÜROB by Secretary General İsmail Taşdemir, as well as by the relevant ministries, trade counselors, TOBB, UND, HİB, the relevant NGOs and institutional representatives.