Executive steps for starting the Arab free trade zone

Abd El-Rahman El-Sehibati, Arab League assistant secretary general for economic affairs, said in the address he delivered before the first conference for experiments on economic integration in Europe and in the Arab states organized by faculty of law at Alexandria University in association with the Italian embassy in Cairo that the Arab states have not entered the second stage with a gradual reduction of 20% since January of this year of customs fees and taxes to achieve steps toward establishing an Arab free trade zone after the 10 years as ratified by the Arab League Economic and Social Council.