Arabic News Weekly Edition for Economics, 11/20/2000
Weekly Edition, Economics - Week of November 20, 2000
- Iraq to open four free trade areas
The director general of the general commission of the Iraqi free zones Hamid Shukr Muhammad said that his country intends to establish free zones in Baghdad and al-Fao and in two other positions near the borders with Syria. Iraq, Economics, 11/21/2000 - USA-Maghreb trade and investment conference, a success, organizers say
The USA-Maghreb conference on trade and investment held Nov.15-16 in Washington as part of the Eizenstat initiative was a success, organizers said. Maghreb, Economics, 11/20/2000 - Tuna-catches in area should be limited to 3,000 mt Morocco told ICCAT
Tuna-catches in the eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean should be limited to 3,028 metric-tons, Morocco told the 12Th session of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna (ICCAT) convened in Marrakesh. Morocco, Economics, 11/20/2000