{"id":20434,"date":"2024-06-07T16:22:33","date_gmt":"2024-06-07T16:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/?p=20434"},"modified":"2024-06-07T16:22:35","modified_gmt":"2024-06-07T16:22:35","slug":"boosting-canada-guyana-trade-foreign-secretary-urges-chambers-strategic-role","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/boosting-canada-guyana-trade-foreign-secretary-urges-chambers-strategic-role\/","title":{"rendered":"Boosting Canada-Guyana Trade: Foreign Secretary Urges Chamber&#8217;s Strategic Role"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n\n<p>In a bid to enhance trade relations between Canada and Guyana, the Canada-Guyana Chamber of Commerce (CGCC) has been called upon to ramp up its efforts in fostering strategic partnerships and investments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the Annual General Meeting of the Canada-Guyana Chamber of Commerce, Foreign Secretary Robert Persaud emphasized the critical role the Chamber can play in elevating trade and investment ties between the two nations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Persaud underscored that now is the opportune moment to bolster trade relations between Canada and Guyana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Highlighting Canada&#8217;s status as Guyana&#8217;s third-largest trading partner in the Americas, Persaud emphasized the need to diversify and enhance trade through strategic investments. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He stressed the importance of attracting more Canadian businesses to engage in exports and imports, not just limited to goods but also encompassing services like tourism, transport, consulting, and education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Persaud specifically pointed out the potential for expanding trade in sectors such as gold, liquor, and bauxite, while also urging for diversification into other agricultural and industrial exports. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He outlined Guyana&#8217;s vision to emerge as a leader in food, energy, and climate security and urged the Chamber to align its efforts with this national vision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Foreign Secretary called for increased collaboration and trade missions between Canada and Guyana, focusing on export diversification, productivity enhancement, technological transfer, and market research. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He also highlighted the opportunity presented by the Caribbean-Canada Trade Agreement (CARIBCAN) of 1986, urging the Chamber to leverage this preferential trade arrangement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Moreover, Persaud emphasized the potential of harnessing the Guyanese diaspora in Canada for economic development, calling for meaningful engagement and collaboration between the diaspora, the Canadian government, and the Chamber.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In conclusion, the Foreign Secretary&#8217;s address underscored the pivotal role of the Canada-Guyana Chamber of Commerce in driving forward the economic agenda of both nations, signaling a new chapter in bilateral trade relations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a bid to enhance trade relations between Canada and Guyana, the Canada-Guyana Chamber of Commerce (CGCC) has been called upon to ramp up its efforts in fostering strategic partnerships&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":20435,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[361,363,350],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business-and-economy","category-national-transformation","category-news"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20436,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20434\/revisions\/20436"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ncnguyana.com\/2023\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}