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    Corrupt bureaucrats, uncompetitive local industries blocking trade liberalisation
    by |09 October 2018|Verité in the News
    By Nishel Fernando The largely uncompetitive local industries and corrupt bureaucrats are exploiting the public perception to delay trade liberalisation and the necessary reforms for their personal gains, as the government and academics have so far failed to engage the...
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    Rethinking the rupee crisis 
    by |27 September 2018|Verité in the News
    The call by the Government to reduce imports as an effort to counter the impact of Sri Lanka’s fast depreciating rupee was met with disdain by many members of the public. This is largely because an import contraction is seen...
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    Online Govt. trade portal set to fail if structural problems go unchecked: Leading researcher
    by |25 September 2018|Verité in the News
    By Madushka Balasuriya In July this year, Sri Lanka made one of the most progressive steps in its trade history when it launched the Sri Lanka Trade Information Portal (SLTIP). An initiative by the Department of Commerce, in collaboration with...
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    Sri Lanka’s regulations, multiple state agencies blocking progress
    by |18 September 2018|Verité in the News
    ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's multiple ministries and agencies and regulations is making it difficult to implement policy and red tape was hindering trade and investment, and reform are required to unlock growth, officials said. "Sri Lanka compared to other emerging...
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