Arabic News Weekly Edition for Economics, 9/30/2002
Weekly Edition, Economics - Week of September 30, 2002
- White House announces launching of free trade accord negotiations with Morocco Morocco-USA, Economics, 10/5/2002
- Egypt, China sign memorandum of understanding on telecommunications
Egypt and China signed a memorandum of understanding on boosting cooperation in fields of information data and telecommunications. Egypt-China, Economics, 10/5/2002 - Collapse of Palestinian industry if Israeli restrictions continue
The Palestinian industry is expected to totally collapse in the coming months if Israel does not lift closure and trade restrictions that have been strictly imposed on the occupied territories over the last two years. Palestine, Economics, 10/4/2002 - Maghreb seen as vast market
economic flows between Morocco and the USA grew by 60 percent during the first half of 2002, while exchanges with Algeria doubled over the past four years, going up from $ 2.3 billion in 1999 to $ 4.3 billion in 2001. With Tunisia, trade increased from $ 350 million in 1999 to $ 400 million in 2001. Maghreb-USA, Economics, 10/4/2002 - Britian holds seminars on technologies development in Casablanca
"Innovation and Technologies Development" will be the theme of the two seminars to be held by the British ministry of trade and industry in Casablanca October 10-11. Morocco-UK, Economics, 10/4/2002 - Mubarak wants to put the Central Bank under his office
Egypt's President Hosni Mubarak who strongly attacked "thieves among businessmen" said that the Central bank will come under his supervision. This falls in an attempt to deal with the stumbled issue of debts local banks are facing. A matter which led to instability of the Egyptian economic condition and confidence entrusted in it. Egypt, Economics, 10/3/2002 - US Trade Representative announces start of negotiations with Morocco on free-trade agreement
The US trade representative, Robert Zoellick, announced on Tuesday that negotiations with Morocco on a free-trade deal would start shortly and that he officially notified this to the congress. Morocco-USA, Economics, 10/3/2002 - Technology Valley soon - PM
Egypt's Prime Minister Atef Ebeid yesterday said that within the next few days the problem of Technology Valley in Ismailia will be solved as part of the government efforts to attract investment. Egypt, Economics, 10/3/2002 - Al-Ahram Beverages Co. sold Egypt-Netherlands, Business, 10/2/2002
- Egyptian-Indian cooperation in small ventures
Egypt's Prime Minister Atef Ebeid met on Tuesday with Indian Minister of State for Small-Scale Industries Vasundhara Raje. Egypt-India, Economics, 10/2/2002 - Gulf states to ease movement of labor between them Gulf, Economics, 10/1/2002
- Mubarak inaugurates first stage of the second underground line Egypt, Economics, 10/1/2002
- Al-Walid Bin Talal to build hotel in Sudan; exclusive cattle sales
The Saudi Prince al-Walid Bin Talal left Khartoum on Sunday following a visit to Sudan which lasted for one day during which he signed with the Sudanese officials two agreements. Saudi Arabia-Sudan, Business, 10/1/2002 - Israeli pipeline to margin Suez canal
The Israeli Eilat Asqalan for oil pipelines has launched a plan to strengthen Israel's role in transporting, and storing oil and trading in it, the Middle East Economic Survey reported on Monday. Israel-Egypt, Economics, 10/1/2002