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A good day to all of you.
The Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC)’s India Mission 2017 was a grand success for many reasons. During our annual two-weeks, seven-cities whirlwind tour of India, we reached out to regions that we had never been to earlier – West Bengal and the newly-formed state of Telangana. In both these regions we forged links with new Partners in Success – the Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BCC&I), the Bharat Chamber of Commerce, and the Telangana Chamber of Commerce and Industries (TCCI).
With the onboarding of these three partners in success, we have further enhanced out network of partners across India, and we have a number of MoU partners in all regions of India. The importance of having partner organizations in India is to be able to generate more trade leads and establish meaningful B2B contacts for our members and delegates on our annual India Mission.
During India Mission 2017, our delegation also met with a number of significant political decision makers, including India’s Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar, the Chief Minister of Gujarat Vijay Rupani, the Chief Minister of Karnataka, Siddaramaiah, and several other state-level ministers. During all these meetings, what came across was the deep interest these leaders had in developing business and trade relations between their respective states and Canada, and were eager to seek our Chamber’s involvement in creating or enhancing this relationship.
The India Mission 2017 has also to be evaluated from a different perspective, an altering perception of the world where multilateralism is steadily being replaced by bilateralism and protectionist policies, especially in the developed economies. In this emerging scenario, the Indo-Canada Chamber of Commerce (ICCC) will play an important role as it is the only Canada-based bilateral chamber of commerce fostering economic and trade relations between Canada and India.
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