IT sector will not be affected by ETCA

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Sri Lankan professionals, especially in the Information Technology sector, would not be affected by the proposed Economic and Technological Cooperation Agreement (ETCA), Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs Dr. Harsha de Silva said.

Deputy Minister de Silva said that the Indian IT professionals would not be given an opportunity of opening up their businesses in Sri Lanka under the agreement.

He assured that Indian professionals would not become threat to local IT professionals under the agreement

He said international service trade has four modes.

“Three of these modes are, namely, cross border trade, consumption abroad and commercial persons are already taking place in Sri Lanka and that covers the IT sector as well,” he said.

"The opposition to the agreement arises from the fear that it will allow the fourth mode of service trade, “presence of a natural person”.

“However, this is not discussed under the agreement,” de Silva said.

Therefore, Indian IT professionals would not be able to threaten Sri Lankan jobs, he said.

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Yapa Sunday, 21 February 2016 02:04 PM

This shows you are ignorant of how the international service modes function.The danger is that Indians are half-baked professionals who are clever in lying and misleading our bureaucrats who are the negotiators.

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Anton Fernando Tuesday, 23 February 2016 06:58 AM

I guess the minister is clueless. Most IT jobs are done remotely. Most IT work for US is done in India remotely- you are good as long as you have a good internet connection.Young Sri Lankans will not have IT jobs after this- Calamity!!!

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