The UAE will continue to forge comprehensive economic partnership agreements (CEPAs) with additional countries in 2025, in an attempt to maximise its benefits and those of its global trade partners, an official has said.
Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, the UAE’s minister of state for foreign trade said that the agreements will strengthen rules-based international trade, increase investments, and enhance opportunities for trade in goods, services, and re-exporting.
The free trade agreements have already had a positive effect on various facets of the UAE's foreign trade, particularly non-oil trade, re-export services, logistics, clean and renewable energy, technology, financial services, green industries, advanced materials, agriculture, and sustainable food systems, Dr. Al Zeyoudi said in a statement to UAE’s state-run news agency WAM.
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