No sufficient staff for office handling FTAs: Harsha

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By Yohan Perera and Ajith Siriwardana

Parliament, May 13 (Daily Mirror)- The new 'Office of International Trade' (OIT) which has been established at the President's office has informed the Committee on Public Finance (COPF) that it has no sufficient staff members, COPF Chairman Dr. Harsha de Silva told Parliament today.

The chief negotiator of the OIT A.G. Weerasinghe has informed COPF that it is not possible to carry out feasibility studies on pending Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with China and Thailand.

"A decision should me made whether the Department of Commerce should be continued or closed down. It will be possible to transfer officers of the Department of Commerce to the OIT if a decision is made to close down the Commerce Department," he said.

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AI will Have Significant Influence Monday, 13 May 2024 11:51 AM

Use staff from other ministries to fill up the gaps. Time to change the employee’s mind sets in any organisation and government department. With the penetration of AI in the workplace, employees must be ready to be moved about. Don’t have the mindset that you’ll be having the same job forever and job scopes will change often too. The changing environment is rapid with introduction of AI in both developed and developing counties.

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Tissa Fernando Monday, 13 May 2024 05:34 PM

Exiting staff are useless and bribe masters.

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Onlooker Monday, 13 May 2024 12:08 PM

Usual proliferation of govt institutions without forethought just to give jobs to catchers.

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Observer Monday, 13 May 2024 02:21 PM

Have you ever heard that in India there are thousands of graduates in his commercial field. Leave behind visa controllers. Pls don’t close the department.

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