During a session entitled “Innovation, Sustainability, and Prosperity: Strengthening the UAE-ASEAN Partnership,” Al-Zeyoudi emphasized the significance of ASEAN to the UAE’s foreign trade agenda. He discussed the country’s foreign trade agenda, its growing involvement in global trade policy, and its goal to strengthen trade and investment ties with ASEAN. Al-Zeyoudi said ASEAN accounted for 5.2 percent of non-oil foreign trade in the UAE in 2022, totaling $32.2 million. Meetings with Indonesian ministers, including Trade Minister Zulkifli Hasan, Investment Minister Bahlil Lahadalia, and Tourism and Creative Economy Minister Sandiaga Uno, focused on implementing the UAE-Indonesia CEPA, which came into force on Friday. The UAE minister later met Cham Nimol, Cambodia’s minister of commerce, to discuss a roadmap for implementing a CEPA signed between the two countries in June.

Source: Ethiopian News September 04, 2023 18:01 UTC