(VEE) ITALY-THAILAND BUSINESS FORUM HOLDS SECOND MEETING

(VELINO) Roma, 25 May - Twenty-nine companies from Italy and Thailand participated in the second Italy-Thailand Business Forum, which met in Koh Samet. The launch meeting was held in Milan in October 2015. The forum is the most important bilateral economic tool between the two countries. It sees the now consolidated participation of the top management of large groups from both countries, with a total turnover of more than 315 billion dollars in annual revenue. Its aim is to explore new specific business opportunities and to analyse the key issues to resolve in order to further strengthen trade and investment between the two countries. This new edition of the Forum saw the participation of two new members of the Bangkok "board": Innove Rubber and Merchant Partner Securities. Furthermore, the Italian co-presidency confirmed strong interest from leading companies in the food and banking sectors to join the participants in the near future. Meanwhile, the companies meeting in Koh Samet ranged - among other areas - from cars to concrete, to infrastructure, insurance, oil and gas, steel machinery, renewable energy, rubber, petrochemicals and tourism. The next meeting of the Forum will take place in 2017 in Italy. In the meantime joint working groups will be established to review and address the key issues in their particular areas. The Forum was an initiative of Italian Ambassador to Bangkok Francesco Saverio Nisio, Chairman of the Thai Chamber of Commerce, Isara Vongkusolkit, and the country's Trade Council. vel
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