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Mexico begins free trade negotiations with Jordan
4-Sep-2014 Tax News
Mexico and Jordan held their first round of negotiations for a free trade agreement in Amman, end August.
Jordan, EU urge more Arab states to join Agadir Agreement
10-Feb-2014 Jordan Times
Jordan and the European Union on Thursday called on Arab Mediterranean countries to join Agadir free trade agreement between the Kingdom, Egypt, Tunisia and Morocco.
Jordan, EU launch negotiations for free trade agreement
5-Dec-2013 Jordan Times
European Commission President José Manuel Barroso and His Majesty King Abdullah launched negotiations between Jordan and the EU over a comprehensive free trade agreement, reports Jordan Times
Re-branding the EU-South Mediterranean Relations: What Comprehensive FTAs?
8-Nov-2012 North Africa Post
The European Union’s Foreign Affairs Council decision of 14 December 2011 to grant the European Commission a negotiation mandate to study and launch negotiations for Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreements (DCFTA) with Morocco, Jordan, Tunisia and Egypt, which would extend current partial free trade areas in goods to incorporate services and public procurement and some regulatory harmonization with the EU, are part of the Union’s broader trade strategy.
Free-trade agreement with Canada to open up new markets in Jordan
11-Oct-2012 National Post
Mohammed Abu Hassan owns a small shoe factory in the Sahab Industrial Zone on the eastern edge of Jordan’s capital, Amman. He is struggling to keep his factory open and is worried that the government’s new FTA with Canada could put him out of business.
FM, Canadian trade minister discuss ties
22-Sep-2012
Foreign Minister Nasser Judeh on Saturday discussed with Canadian minister of International Trade Ed Fast economic ties between the two countries as a Jordanian-Canadian Free Trade Agreement FTA goes into force early next month.
Access to medicines and intellectual property in Jordan
23-Jul-2012 IP Watch
Delayed market entry of generics due to enhanced intellectual property protection cost Jordanian private consumers approximately 18 million US dollars annually
EU agrees to start trade negotiations with Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia
15-Dec-2011 EIN
The European Commission welcomes today’s decision of the EU Foreign Affairs Council to authorise the opening of trade negotiations with Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia as soon as the necessary preparatory process is completed.
President Zardari, King Abdullah for early conclusion of Pak-Jordan FTA
24-Oct-2011 APP
President Asif Ali Zardari of Pakistan and King Abdullah of Jordan on Saturday called for an early conclusion of a Free Trade Agreement and holding of the second round of talks soon for this purpose.
EU seeks to begin FTA negotiations with S. Mediterranean countries
28-Sep-2011 KUNA
The European Union Foreign Affairs Council on Trade Monday agreed to begin negotiations on "direct and comprehensive" free trade agreements with Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia.
Jordan firm accused of sexual abuse supplied clothes to Sears, Target and others
27-Sep-2011 WBEZ
Since 2007, at least 300 young female employees have been raped and brutalized by Classic managers while sewing clothes for giant retailers, including Hanes, Target, Sears, Macy’s and Land’s End. These garments enter the US duty-free under the US-Jordan Free Trade Agreement.
Trade in Services in US FTA with Jordan
10-Jul-2011
The US-JO FTA includes a provision for trade in services in article 3
Jordanian-Canadian FTA in final stages of approval - envoy
2-Dec-2010
The implementing legislation for the Jordanian-Canadian Free Trade Agreement (FTA) - and the side agreements on environment and labour - is currently in the final stages of approval in the Canadian parliament, according to Canada’s ambassador in Amman.
Jordan-Canada FTA sailing smoothly in final process of endorsement
18-Oct-2010 Jordan Times
The free trade agreement between Jordan and Canada is moving through the Canadian approval process with very little resistance compared to FTAs signed with other countries.
Jordan seeks Saudi support for free trade agreement with GCC states
29-Sep-2010 Zawya
Jordan will ask Saudi Arabia to intervene with the Secretariat of the Gulf Cooperation Council to help it sign an agreement on economic cooperation and free trade with GCC member states.
Economic Council for Establishing Free Trade Zone between Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan
11-Aug-2010
Syria, Lebanon, Turkey and Jordan announced the establishment of an economic council to follow up on creating a free trade zone among these countries.
Syria, Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan sign quadripartite FTA
3-Aug-2010 TOBOC
Turkey will join an economic bloc comprising of the Middle Eastern states such as Syria, Lebanon and Jordan ahead of the protracted accession to the EU.
Business council supports Jordan’s aspirations for free trade with GCC
17-Jun-2010
The Saudi Jordanian Businessmen Council supported Jordan’s request for a free trade agreement with Gulf states, according to the council’s Chairman Mohammad Al Audah.
Turkey turns east to form free trade zone
16-Jun-2010
Turkey has embarked on the road to a “Middle Eastern Union” as an alternative to the European Union, according to some observers, after Ankara unveiled its vision for a giant free-trade zone spanning from the Bosphorus to Sudan and Morocco.
Davutoğlu proposes regional trade alliance at TAC meeting
11-Jun-2010
Turkey aims to create a free trade zone without visa restrictions with Syria, Lebanon and Jordan, Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoğlu told the Turkish-Arab Cooperation Forum (TAC), which began in İstanbul on Thursday.