{"id":632,"date":"2024-11-12T15:29:25","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T15:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/epinews.com.pk\/english\/?p=632"},"modified":"2024-11-12T15:29:25","modified_gmt":"2024-11-12T15:29:25","slug":"atif-ikram-sheikh-president-fpcci-elected-as-vice-president-of-27-country-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/epinews.com.pk\/english\/archives\/632","title":{"rendered":"Atif Ikram Sheikh, President FPCCI, elected as Vice President of  27 \u2013 Country Alliance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ISLAMABAD, Nov 12 (EPI): Mr. Atif Ikram Sheikh, President FPCCI, has been elected as the Vice President of the Confederation of Asia \u2013 Pacific Chambers of Commerce &amp; Industry (CACCI) for the tenure of 2024 \u2013 26, during 38<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0CACCI Conference held in Singapore.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Additionally, he was also appointed as the Head of Budget Commission of CACCI.\u00a0It is pertinent to note that CACCI is one of the world\u2019s most influential trade alliances comprising of 27 countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr. Atif Ikram Sheikh informed that he has invited CACCI member countries to hold their conference in Pakistan in December 2025; and, the member countries have agreed to honor his invitation. It will be an event of international significance for Pakistan when it comes to trade and economic growth, he added.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr. Atif Ikram Sheikh, President FPCCI &amp; VP CACCI, underscored the significance of CACCI and said that Pakistan is all geared-up to play a proactive role in multilateral trade politics and advocacy to support the government\u2019s vision to promote Pakistan\u2019s exports.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FPCCI\u00a0Chief explained that CACCI member countries have collective GDP running into trillions of dollars; and, therefore CACCI is very important for Pakistan in all aspects of economic cooperation \u2013 trade, investments, JVs, tourism, B2B linkages, chamber-to-chamber cooperation and bilateral economic cooperation with the member countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr. Atif Ikram Sheikh participated as a panelist in the prestigious Asia \u2013 Pacific Economic Forum\u2019s session on the \u201cFuture of Trade: Digitalization, E-commerce and Cross-Border Collaboration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The session was organized by Singapore Manufacturing Federation; in collaboration with the Confederation of Asia \u2013 Pacific Chambers of Commerce &amp; Industry (CACCI), during 38th CACCI Conference 2024.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">President FPCCI discussed future of trade &amp; commerce; Pakistan&#8217;s e-commerce growth and emerging e-commerce industry and its potential. He also elaborated on the importance of digitalization for Pakistan&#8217;s economic development; business collaborations; need for bilateral &amp; multilateral cooperation between business communities and private-sectors across countries.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr. Atif Ikram Sheikh urged the Confederation of Asia-Pacific Chambers of Commerce &amp; Industry (CACCI) members to forge a formidable geo-economic alliance between Asia-Pacific &amp; South Asia to capitalize on the emerging and untapped multilateral trade potentialities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Mr. Atif Ikram Sheikh has emerged as the leading Pakistani business leader to be elected as VP CACCI; and, it is a national achievement vis-\u00e0-vis trade, investment and economic diplomacy and linkages \u2013 receiving accolades from government officials, prominent business personalities and diplomats.<\/p>\n<p>Ends-Exact Press International-<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ISLAMABAD, 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