Business News of Tuesday, 16 December 2014

Source: GNA

Bastiat Ghana to organise business trip to China

Bastiat Ghana, a liberal economic think tank, is organising a trip to China, spanning February 3- February 5, 2015 for individual businesses and associations.

The trip expected to link local businesses with their Chinese counterparts would include players in Agriculture, Construction, Real Estate developers, Distributors and Retailers, Transport, Outdoor Advertisers and Marketing, ICT & Telecommunication, Micro, Small and Medium Scale Credit Institution.

A statement issued by Dr Tweneboah Senzu, Managing Director of Bastiat Ghana in Accra on Monday and copied to Ghana News Agency, said the tour would establish strong business partnership build on confidence, trust, integrity and long term relationship.

Interested persons are to contact info@bastiatghana.org or visit any of the Institute offices in Accra, Kumasi or Takoradi before December31, 2014.

The statement said: “Remember ability is nothing without opportunity and that is what Bastiat Ghana stands for when it come to your business development.”

It said research report indicates that micro and small business have benefited very little from trade between Ghana and China.

“It is also realised that any time there is such a trade mission on government level, the focus is tune more on the political leaders, which deny the business entities and the related association the clear benefit of such trip.”