The UAE signed a trade and economic agreement with Congo yesterday, eliminating 99.5% of tariffs on UAE exports and 98% of tariffs on Congolese exports over a period of five years, state news agency Wam reports. The agreement aims to more than double non-oil trade between the countries to USD 7.2 bn by 2032. The UAE and Congo had wrapped talks earlier in December 2023.

The agreement marks the fifth with an African nation, after reaching agreements with Mauritius, Kenya, the Central African Republic, and Morocco.

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