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[DT.]

this is what i was worried about...If an institution which has come from the legal avenues of the country sets up shop in cyprus (in both sides to promote trade between the 2 communities then I cannot ever see an incident where a GC would be afraid to trade with the TC's. My brother in law has been doing business with TC bussinesmen since the green line opened.

However if it is a programme designed to promote the illegal state of affairs in the north then rightly so any GC who partook in that programme would have themseleves questioned.

[pitsilos]

don't forget to thank our very good friend, vips, for highlighting it out to us.

[DT.]

cheers vips

[pitsilos]

what are friends for

[Viewpoint]

this is what i was worried about...If an institution which has come from the legal avenues of the country sets up shop in cyprus (in both sides to promote trade between the 2 communities then I cannot ever see an incident where a GC would be afraid to trade with the TC's. My brother in law has been doing business with TC bussinesmen since the green line opened.

However if it is a programme designed to promote the illegal state of affairs in the north then rightly so any GC who partook in that programme would have themseleves questioned.

I am not referring to trade going out direct from the TRNC to other countries but trade between north and south. The majority of GC business men are not as brave or open minded as your brother in law, and they fear the consequencies of the GC administration.

[pitsilos]

again the poll is not about trade between the north and south.

its at the retail level. when do you think you be able to read what is written rather than propagandasize everything?

ps. you forgot to vote, again - just a friendly reminder!

[DT.]

this is what i was worried about...If an institution which has come from the legal avenues of the country sets up shop in cyprus (in both sides to promote trade between the 2 communities then I cannot ever see an incident where a GC would be afraid to trade with the TC's. My brother in law has been doing business with TC bussinesmen since the green line opened.

However if it is a programme designed to promote the illegal state of affairs in the north then rightly so any GC who partook in that programme would have themseleves questioned.

I am not referring to trade going out direct from the TRNC to other countries but trade between north and south. The majority of GC business men are not as brave or open minded as your brother in law, and they fear the consequencies of the GC administration.

If the prgramme is also encouraging exports from the north then there is no chance a GC would cooperate with it. I think this is the point you're not getting. If it is a legitimate programme or even if they act individually then I assure you that GC's are not allergic to money (the opposite in fact we like it a little too much) and if it makes sense (and under the correct circumstances where they are not contributing to the illegalities as we see them, they will do business with anyone.

Anyway how can any GC businessman be afraid of doing business with TC's when we have already a growing bunch of idiots who are contributing 200m USD a year to your economy through the casinos?

If they're not afraid then no one is.

[Viewpoint]

DT I think we have crossed wires here are we discussing what Bearing Point are doing and their crediblity? or whether people support TC doing business in the south? This was just an example of why GC businessmen are deterred (afraid) from doing business with companies in the north.

How does the casino businesses profits directly benefit the TRNC economy (other than license fees). Dont forget 99% of the casinos are leased to companies from Turkey. The GCs who contribute to these establishments are not really doing business as in the normal sense of trade but feeding their own habit or illness.

[DT.]

DT I think we have crossed wires here are we discussing what Bearing Point are doing and their crediblity? or whether people support TC doing business in the south? This was just an example of why GC businessmen are deterred (afraid) from doing business with companies in the north.

How does the casino businesses profits directly benefit the TRNC economy (other than license fees). Dont forget 99% of the casinos are leased to companies from Turkey. The GCs who contribute to these establishments are not really doing business as in the normal sense of trade but feeding their own habit or illness.

Think I'm answering a few of your points here VP.

1) GC's wouldn't do business with someone like american bearing and since thats your source right now I'm guessing thats why the said that.
2) GC's are not afraid of being branded traitors over here. Its a very lax society and I gave you the example of the gamblers as a situation which everyone knows who they are but apart from a few tutting nothing gets said to them.

So what I'm saying is that the credibility of your source is not one in which they would have received an honest response from a GC and the fear of being branded is not so important over here. Overall I don't see any issue with any GC doing business with a TC.

[Viewpoint]

DT I think we have crossed wires here are we discussing what Bearing Point are doing and their crediblity? or whether people support TC doing business in the south? This was just an example of why GC businessmen are deterred (afraid) from doing business with companies in the north.

How does the casino businesses profits directly benefit the TRNC economy (other than license fees). Dont forget 99% of the casinos are leased to companies from Turkey. The GCs who contribute to these establishments are not really doing business as in the normal sense of trade but feeding their own habit or illness.

Think I'm answering a few of your points here VP.

1) GC's wouldn't do business with someone like american bearing and since thats your source right now I'm guessing thats why the said that.
2) GC's are not afraid of being branded traitors over here. Its a very lax society and I gave you the example of the gamblers as a situation which everyone knows who they are but apart from a few tutting nothing gets said to them.

So what I'm saying is that the credibility of your source is not one in which they would have received an honest response from a GC and the fear of being branded is not so important over here. Overall I don't see any issue with any GC doing business with a TC.

So what you are saying is that you dismiss the source as it was expressed by the American programme which GC businessmen attended. Plus you feel Gc businessmen do not fear doing business with TCs from the north, thats your progotive but I still feel that the stigma of doing business with the enemy is very strong and that GCs out of loyalty to their official cause not to support the economy of the north is very much the GC official line. Your brotherinlaw is very rare and with profits to made trading with the north then why arent more businessmen flocking north?