UAE to expand Cepas in 2025, says Thani AI Zeyoudi
Khaleej Times|January 01, 2025
The UAE will continue to increase its Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements (Cepas) in 2025, targeting additional countries to maximise benefits for the UAE and its global trade partners, Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of State for Foreign Trade, said.

Since the programme’s launch in September 2021 until early December 2024, the UAE has signed 24 Cepas with countries and international blocs, covering approximately 2.5 billion people—about a quarter of the global population.

In the first half of 2024, UAE foreign trade reached a historic milestone, surpassing Dh1.395 trillion, reflecting an 11.2 per cent growth compared to the same period in 2023. The growth rates reached 28.8 per cent, 54.7 per cent, and 66 per cent, compared to the same periods in 2022, 2021, and 2019, respectively.

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