EU and ITC launch EuroMed Trade Helpdesk to boost trade along the Mediterranean

The European Commission launched the EuroMed Trade Helpdesk in collaboration with the International Trade Centre (ITC) yesterday to help boost trade and cooperation along the the Mediterranean coast, the Commission said on its website. Through an online portal, theHelpdesk will help businesses save the costs of information gathering by providing them “with essential information about markets, tariffs, and import requirements” with a database that covers the key markets of the EU, Egypt, Algeria, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Turkey, Tunisia, and Palestine. ”