The UAE Ministry of Foreign Trade’s (MoFT) Trade Negotiations and World Trade Organisation (WTO) Department has released the first issue of the “Trade Affairs” newsletter. The specialized quarterly magazine has been launched in line with MoFT’s efforts to enhance its communication with the UAE’s trade and business community, keeping them up-to-date with the latest developments in WTO and about the trade agreements signed by the UAE with other countries. The newsletter will also cover the most important business news stories from around the world.
The newsletter also aims to fulfill the information needs of the economic and commercial sector in terms of information related to the international trading system which is supervised by the WTO.
H.E Sheikha Lubna Al-Qasimi, UAE Minister of Foreign Trade explains that the purpose of this newsletter is to “enhance communication with the trade community in the country and the public and private parties who are interested in foreign trade affairs. This can be achieved by providing information, news, analytical studies and articles about commercial negotiations related to WTO, and news about free trade agreements that are being discussed among GCC countries.”
The first issue contains, among others, in-depth articles about GCC free trade agreements, WTO’s organizational structure, the UAE’s Foreign Direct Investment policies, the WTO’s approach to the global financial crisis, Sovereign Wealth Funds, and the Doha Round of Development Negotiations.
The newsletter has been distributed to some local governmental and private bodies, and an electronic copy of the newsletter can be received by sending an email request to [email protected] . The newsletter will be uploaded on the Ministry's website later.
