The Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic announced in mid-April that Belgrade’s first countermeasures to Pristina’s taxes would arrive ‘around St. George’s Day.’ The decision on the countermeasures, however, has not been made yet.

The Serbian Chamber of Commerce stated that the reciprocity to this measure would not have a big effect due to the small size of imports of goods from Kosovo, while any other type of countermeasures would jeopardize Serbia’s political position.

The Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry (Eurochambres) is opposed to protectionist measures such are the tariffs imposed by Pristina on goods from Serbia and Bosnia-Herzegovina, said President of Eurochambres to his Serbian Chamber of Commerce (PKS) counterpart, reported regional broadcaster N1.

The PKS press release said that Eurochambres President Christoph Leitl told PKS President Marko Cadez that his organization has called European institutions to help find a solution to the problem.

Although the establishment of the Chamber Investment Forum has shown itself to be a great move that's yielding tangible results in terms of increases level of trade and business cooperation, support from the governments of the region remains insufficient. We see one possible solution to this in the establishment of ministries for regional cooperation within each government, just as Nordic countries have regional cooperation ministers

The fourth roundtable of the internal dialogue on Kosovo, initiated by Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic, will take place in Belgrade today.

This round table is organized by the Chamber of Commerce of Serbia, and during the course of December, three other events will be organized to gather sports associations, experts in the field of economy and health.