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Trade Minister Schmidt calls for a Trade Expo in Kaliburg
Empire to review its trade relations
Kaliburg, Grand Duchy of Ananto
April 19, 5542


Trade Minister Christopher Schmidt aims at a more nationalist economy

Kalistan appears to be heading in a more nationalistic trade orientation in light of increasing consolidation elsewhere in the world. "Recent moves by various of the larger political configurations to increase their access to markets and resources have given Kalistan a push to focus more on development at home," said His Imperial Majesty's Trade Minister Christopher Schmidt. "We can no longer trust that trade will not come with political strings, and these strings are not ones that Kalistan is willing to accept. His Imperial Majesty, the Emperor has proposed a trade exposition in Kalistan, to be set for July 5544 to determine which nations will still be willing to continue to trade with Kalistan on terms that are favorable for our national interests."

The Trade Exposition is considered open to all those who wish to attend. "Kalistan will welcome all nations who wish to trade in Kalistan," said the Trade Minister. "Any nations attending will be given a pavilion of their own and should bring samples of materials they would like to Market in Kalistan. Kalistan will also have a pavilion where we will post those items that we are interested and able to export. We hope that nations will tour various pavilions and make trade deals and etc., but we also wish to use the trade exposition to begin branching out our trade networks beyond what we currently maintain, for the aim of diversifying our trade partnerships."

The Trade Minister was optimistic about participation in the Trade Exposition: "We will of course invite all members of the the Non Aligned Movement, as well as ODEN. We would hope that lots of nations would choose to attend. It seems like an excellent opportunity to show the world what items a country has to trade to the world." And what if nobody attends? "That tells us a lot that we also need to know about where Kalistan stands in the world. If nobody shows up, we assume of course that nations no longer intend to trade with Kalistan, and we will go from there."

Kalistan has recently been re-evaluating its international relationships since before the Emperor was crowned. Particularly concerning to His Imperial Majesty is the growth of larger political organizations. "Kalistan has always stood opposed to the Luthorian Commonwealth, which has now stretched out to include a nation which has no historical ties to Luthori," said Minister Schmidt. "While Kalistan and Luthori built a new relationship at the beginning of the reign of Empress Nicolette II, and Luthori itself rejected the application to join the commonwealth on human rights grounds, other new alignments, many of which feel like powergrabs more than anything reasonable, have brought the topic of international alignments back to the forefront of His Imperial Majesty's foreign policy. This trade exposition is the first step to re-evaluating our relationships internationally-- If we wish to figure out who wish to work with, it makes sense to figure out who wishes to work with us."

The Trade Minister states that the Trade Exposition will happen over the month of July in 5544. To claim a pavilion, the Trade Ministry has built an online registry, where countries should post who will represent their nation, what companies' and products will be represented, and whether they intend to visit the Kalistani Pavilion and/or are interested in negotiating a bi-lateral trade agreement. Following the Exposition, Kalistan will be evaluating its current trade agreements. The Online registry is found at http://forum.particracy.net/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=9705.