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UAE, Japan to complete negations on Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement before end of 2025: Al Zeyoudi
10-Feb-2025 MSN
The UAE Minister of State for Foreign Trade affirmed that negotiations for the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) between the UAE and Japan will be completed before the end of 2025.
Iran, Oman sign MOU on preferential trade, customs cooperation
27-Jan-2025 Tehran Times
Iran and Oman have signed a memorandum of understanding on preferential trade and customs cooperation.
Free trade deal in focus as Libya eyes deeper ties with Türkiye
21-Jan-2025 Daily Sabah
Libya voiced a strong commitment to renewing previous agreements with Türkiye, seeking to finalize a free trade deal and boost investments with its largest commercial partner.
Turkey seeks free trade deal with Syria amid criticism over skyrocketing import tariffs
20-Jan-2025 Turkish Minute
Turkey’s Trade Ministry said that the country is pursuing a free trade agreement with Syria amid mounting criticism over the Syrian government’s recent decision to standardize tariffs.
Azerbaijan files arbitration claim against Armenia for violating Energy Charter Treaty
25-Nov-2024 Caspian News
Azerbaijan filed a Statement of Claim with the Permanent Court of Arbitration against Armenia, as part of the international legal proceedings from February 2023, detailing Yerevan’s violations of Baku’s sovereign rights over its energy resources in the once-occupied territories.
Iran MPs pass bill on free trade agreement with Syria
13-Nov-2024 IRNA
Iranian lawmakers have passed the outlines and details of a bill amending the appendix to the free trade agreement between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Syrian Arab Republic.
UAE-Jordan Cepa set to boost bilateral trade to $8bn within a decade
7-Oct-2024 The National
The comprehensive economic partnership agreement between the UAE and Jordan that is set to take effect this year will deepen ties between the nations and push bilateral trade to more than $8 billion by 2032.
Türkiye seeks to strengthen global trade ties with new FTAs, PTAs
19-Aug-2024 Daily Sabah
In addition to the free trade agreement negotiations, Türkiye aims to strengthen its bilateral trade exchange through preferential trade agreements that provide mutual advantages in specific sectors.
Iran-Oman kick off negotiations on launching PTA
3-Jul-2024 Mehr
The head of the Trade Promotion Organization of Iran said that the first round of the talks for launching the Preferential Trade Agreement between Iran and the Sultanate of Oman was held in Muscat.
8th Saudi-US trade and investment council meeting held in Washington
24-Jun-2024 Arab News
The council’s goal is to monitor trade and investment relations in order to identify opportunities for expansion, work on removing trade and investment barriers.