Rashid discusses activating Arab free trade area

Originally published September 11, 2004

Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry Rashid Mohammed Rashid received yesterday the Tunisian, Algerian, Moroccan and Yemeni Trade ministers separately for talks on activating the agreement of the Arab free trade area due to be effective in January 2005 under which all customs duties and taxes will be lifted.

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