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Int'l business confce kicks off today

STAR REPORT
A high profile international business conference begins in city today with policymakers and public and private sector business leaders from around the world meeting to contribute towards a revival of the multilateral trade talks.
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia will inaugurate the two-day meet on Global Economic Governance and Challenges of Multilateralism, organised by the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC)-Bangladesh.
Thai Premier Thaksin Shinawatra, who will fly in this morning to attend the conference, will present the keynote paper at the inaugural session to be held at the Bangladesh-China Friendship Conference Centre at Sher-e-Bangla Nagar. Prime Minister Khaleda Zia will welcome her Thai counterpart at Zia International Airport at 11:30am. Shinawatra is scheduled to leave Dhaka at 6:00pm this evening.
World Trade Organization Director General Supachai Panitchpakdi, European Union (EU) Commissioner for Trade Pascal Lamy, ICC Chairman Jean-Rene Fourtou and ICC Secretary General Maria Livanos Cattaui will speak at the opening session. Of them, Lamy, who arrives today on a two-day visit, will also make a courtesy call on the prime minister tomorrow.
Around 400 delegates from 37 countries including ministers, bankers, business leaders and experts on free market economy are attending the conference. Among them the most prominent ones are Indonesian Industry and Trade Minister Rini M Sumarno Soewandi, Sri Lankan Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Ravi Karunanayake, Swedish International Development Cooperation Minister Carin Jamtin, Turkish Industry and Trade Minister Ali Coskun, Zimbabwean International Trade Minister SC Mumbengegwi and Japan Bank for International Cooperation Governor Kyosuke Shinozawa.
The conference will focus on global economic governance, multilateral trade regime and investment promotion in developing nations.
The interactions, statements and recommendations of the conference are expected to leave significant positive impacts on the stalled multilateral trade negotiations, said ICC-B President Mahbubur Rahman.
Three business sessions on 'multilateral trade regime in post-Cancun perspective,' 'capacity building for investment promotion in developing countries' and 'trade facilitation through dispute resolution' -- will take place tomorrow at Hotel Sonargaon.
The participating countries are Afghanistan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Canada, China, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Republic of Korea, Malaysia, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Philippines, Qatar, Russia, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Togo, Thailand, Turkey, Vietnam, the United Kingdom and Zimbabwe.