UAE wants to have free trade agreements with 103 nations
According to the Ministry of Economy, the UAE plans to sign Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements (CEPA) with 22 nations and five economic blocs, covering 103 nations and accounting for up to 95% of world trade. The UAE has already reached agreements with Indonesia, Israel, and Turkey after concluding the first Cepa with India on February 18, 2022, which went into effect on May 1, 2022. The next phase of trade agreement discussions with Chile, Vietnam, Ukraine, Kenya, Pakistan, and Thailand will shortly get under way. The UAE is starting a new poll aimed at company owners, industrialists, and entrepreneurs in order to obtain their ideas and suggestions ahead of the next round of negotiations with those six nations. The poll, which is accessible to all parties interested in ensuring the greatest possible advantage from the most recent roster of treaties, will help define the boundaries of conversations with Chile, Vietnam, Ukraine, Kenya, Pakistan, and Thailand, the minis...