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Investors union says no to Canada joining the QIZ: <\/strong>The Egyptian Federation of Investors Associations\u2019 board of directors has voted against a request from Egypt\u2019s trade office in Canada to include the North American country in the Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZ) export agreement, the federation\u2019s acting head Moharram Helal said<\/a>. Helal gave no reasons for the rejection. Participants in the 2004 QIZ agreement are granted no-tariff access to the US market provided they meet a minimum required amount of Israeli content.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Investors union says no to Canada joining the QIZ: The Egyptian Federation of Investors Associations\u2019 board of directors has voted against a request from Egypt\u2019s trade office in Canada to include the North American country in the Qualified Industrial Zones (QIZ) export agreement, the federation\u2019s acting head Moharram Helal said. 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