19-Jun-2009
Emirates 24/7
Urgent talks should be held to help reach a free trade agreement (FTA) between Gulf Cooperation Council member states and China, said a new GCC study.
6-Jan-2009
Emirates Business 24/7
Gulf oil producers have accused their main economic partner the European Union (EU) of lacking interest in signing the long-sought free trade deal as it shifts interest to partners in East Europe.
24-Dec-2008
Khaleej Times
The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) on Tuesday said it had suspended talks with the European Union for a free trade agreement (FTA). The decision to halt more than two decades of hard negotiations between the two regional economic blocs to sign the world’s first region-to-region free trade agreement came a week ahead of a crucial summit by GCC leaders in Muscat.