ISDS Case Map
UAE
Thailand wants to conclude free-trade agreement (FTA) talks with the European Free Trade Association (Efta), Sri Lanka and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) by the middle of next year to improve trade and and investment.
The UAE and Cambodia have finalized the terms for a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) as the Gulf state seeks to enhance its global trade and commerce ties to fulfill its new foreign trade agenda.
The UAE and Vietnam have agreed to start Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement negotiations to strengthen bilateral trade ties as the Emirates pushes ahead with its plans to develop trade and investment relations with partners around the world.
Tariffs will be removed or reduced on more than 96 per cent of product lines, covering 99 per cent of the current value of traded goods.
The UAE launched the CEPA programme in September 2021 to expand its trade and investment partnership with several strategic global markets, increase the size of trade exchanges and enhance growth opportunities for national exports.
The announcement comes after three rounds of formal negotiations. No official date has been given for the signing of the deal.
A free trade agreement between Israel and the United Arab Emirates has come into effect, the first such economic deal the Jewish state reached with an Arab country.
The British government's investment minster has said the third round of talks that could eventually lead to a free trade agreement between the UK and the GCC have been completed successfully and a fourth session should be held in London later this year.
The UAE and Georgia have agreed a new trade deal which will see the reduction of tariffs and the removal of other barriers as the two countries seek to boost economic ties.
The first round of negotiations on a free trade agreement between the Eurasian Economic Union and the United Arab Emirates took place in Dubai on 6-8 March.
