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Oman
The push is on once again to secure an Egypt-US free trade agreement (FTA) with the usual optimism in the state press, but few are buying it this time.
The Bush administration [said->977] on Monday it would begin free trade negotiations with Oman, as well as the UAE, as part of Bush's efforts to promote economic growth in the Middle East.
US Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick today announced the Administration's intent to negotiate Free Trade Agreements with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Oman.
A joint meeting between the Sultanate of Oman and a US trade delegation headed by Robert Zoellick was held in Muscat yesterday to review a free trade agreement, which is expected to be signed in 2005.
Maqbool bin Ali Sultan, minister of commerce and industry, will lead the Sultanate's delegation to the first meeting of the Omani-American Council for Trade and Investment scheduled to be held in Washington today.
The United States and the Gulf state of Oman July 7 signed an agreement aimed at promoting bilateral trade and investment and agreed to begin free trade negotiations later this year.
