In Germany, the local chambers of commerce and crafts play an important role in organizing supporting local businesses. In Malaysia, chambers of commerce are a concept many people are not familiar with. Also, Germans in Malaysia are not aware of the tasks the international chambers of commerce have here. In this episode, we talk with the CEO of MGCC Mr Daniel Bernbeck to explain the origin of the German chamber of commerce system and how it is structured. Then we explain how the Malaysian chamber of commerce landscape looks like.   

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1.  What is a chamber of commerce?  01:25
2. The German chamber system has quite a long tradition. Can you tell us a bit about the history and its structure?  03:42 
3. What are the main tasks of Chambers of Commerce today? 09:19
4. Is MGCC the only official representative of the German economy in Malaysia? 13:30
5. The Malaysian-German Chamber of Commerce is part of the global network of German chambers AHK. Do all nations have a Chamber network? 17:50
6. Not every German AHK is the same. The AHKs operate as Chambers of Commerce and as Delegations. For example, the AHKs in Russia or in Sri Lanka are Delegations of the German Economy. What is the difference? 20:15
7. Here in Malaysia MGCC is the largest European chamber of commerce. There are quite a few Chambers of Commerce active here. Can you tell us a bit about the International Chamber of Commerce structure in Malaysia? 23:35 
8. Germany being part of the EU, how is the cooperation with the other European chambers? 29:51
9. What are the main benefits companies have when joining a Chamber of Commerce? 31:53 
10. How do Chambers of Commerce finance themselves? 34:13
11. The MGCC office is located in KL but are there also representations from MGCC or other chambers or business associations in other states of Malaysia? 36:15