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Volney (left), Brisbane (center), Astaphan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The reluctance of the new chief executive officer of the Dominica Association of Industry and Commerce (DAIC) to talk about the growing number of Chinese businesses in the capital Roseau that\u2019s said to be affecting local businesses is having an apparent backlash on the association.<\/p>\n

Cyril Volney in a recent interview with Dominica News Online suggested that these Chinese business owners were likely economic citizens and as far as he was concerned they were Dominicans like the native-born entrepreneurs with an equal right to conduct business affairs in Dominica.<\/p>\n

However some businessmen here have suggested that DAIC\u2019s Volney is ignoring what many of them consider a real problem of these Chinese businesses in Roseau having an unfair advantage over locals, some of whom are reported to be going out of business.<\/p>\n

Outspoken businessman Jerry Brisbane says at a time when the DAIC is seeking to consolidate its present membership and expand that membership, the CEO\u2019s stand on a matter affecting home-grown businesses is not encouraging.<\/p>\n

\u201cHow is he now going to try to attract new members when his behavior, one of clear arrogance I believe, is what we just experienced,\u201d Brisbane told privately-owned Q95, adding that signing up for membership of the DAIC could not be a priority under the circumstances.<\/p>\n

Another businessman, Michael Astaphan, also denounced the Volney position on the matter.<\/p>\n

However he says rather than staying away, he now wants to play a greater part in the association, to counter the kind of approach being promoted by the new chief executive.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe role of the DAIC is to protect the interest of its members and you cannot have its members under onslaught, some of them not only losing their businesses, but their mortgages on their house is at risk because their businesses can no longer pay them,\u201d Astaphan said.<\/p>\n

The issue is one that\u2019s also stirring emotions in St Lucia.<\/p>\n

The head of the St Lucia Manufacturing Group, Paula Calderon said recently that Chinese businesses are threatening the economic stability of the entire OECS.<\/p>\n

She told Q95\u2019s Matt Peltier that the Chinese were competing directly with small businesses in St Lucia, and putting locals at risk of going out of business.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe cannot have the Chinese coming in and making bread in St Lucia, opening an employment agency in St Lucia, and last week I saw them selling clothes by the market just like our vendors.\u00a0 And we are not saying anything?\u201d Calderon queried.
\nShe said St Lucia, Dominica and other OECS countries affected by that problem needed to nip it in the bud instead of waiting for local businesses to displaced.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think something has to be done,\u201d she warned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The reluctance of the new chief executive officer of the Dominica Association of Industry and Commerce (DAIC) to talk about the growing number of Chinese businesses in the capital Roseau that\u2019s said to be affecting local businesses is having an…","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":54990,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54989","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nVolney's take on Chinese businesses receives backlash - Dominica News Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/dominicanewsonline.com\/news\/homepage\/news\/business\/volneys-take-on-chinese-businesses-receives-backlash\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Volney's take on Chinese businesses receives backlash - 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