Workshop PREFERENTIAL ACCESS TO FOREIGN MARKETS: HOW TO EXPLOIT POTENTIAL OF FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS?

On Wednesday, 16July 2014, in the international atmosphere of the Ljubljana Summer School participants of the Workshop “PREFERENTIAL ACCESS TO FOREIGN MARKETS: HOW TO EXPLOIT POTENTIAL OF FREE TRADE AGREEMENTS?” discussed how firms can exploit opportunities given by free trade agreements. The Workshop was organised as a part of European Jean Monnet project Understanding the potential of the EU-India Free Trade Agreement under the leadership of Professor Katja Zajc Kejžar.

In the introductory speech professor Katja Zajc Kejžar stressed that the EU has concluded or is in the process of negotiating a number of important trade agreements that can help in opening up market opportunities for European businesses in partner countries.  Professor dr. Andrej Kumar exposed the strong criss-crossing of trade agreements and emphasised the need for more determined harmonisation and simplification of rules of origin. The Workshop continued with the practical aspects of free trade agreements where Mrs. Iris Gorjanc-Dolničar from Ministry of Finance presented legislative aspects of preferential treatment and focused on what firms should know with respect to rules of origin when doing business internationally. Mr. Tomaž Lanišek, General Manager of Knauf Insulation, the last year’s awarded Gazelle, shared his rich business experiences with the participants and concluded the Workshop with a discussion on strategic implications of trade agreements for firm internationalisation.

Workshop is financed with the support of the LLP programme of the European Union.

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