{"id":89425,"date":"2024-02-26T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/uae-kenya-finalize-trade-agreement\/"},"modified":"2024-02-26T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-02-26T00:00:00","slug":"uae-kenya-finalize-trade-agreement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/02\/26\/uae-kenya-finalize-trade-agreement\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE, Kenya finalize trade agreement"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"> <strong>Foreign Trade Minister Thani Al Zeyoudi finalized a trade and economic <\/strong><strong>agreement <\/strong><strong>with his Kenyan counterpart<\/strong> Rebecca Miano on Friday, he said in an <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ThaniAlZeyoudi\/status\/1760944377650610629\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">X post<\/a>. The agreement will support growth in trade and investment flows, as well as cooperation on food production, mining, technology, and logistics, Al Zeyoudi said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>Background: <\/strong>The UAE first entered trade negotiations with Kenya in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.moec.gov.ae\/en\/-\/uae-kenya-announce-intent-to-commence-negotiations-on-comprehensive-economic-partnership-agreement\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">July 2022<\/a>, marking its first pursuit of a CEPA with an African nation. Initial talks came on the back of growing relations, with non-oil bilateral trade between the UAE and Kenya climbing 26.4% y-o-y to USD 3.1 bn in 2023, adds Reuters.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>UAE \u2764\ufe0f trade with Africa:<\/strong>Al Zeyoudi inked a similar agreement in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/uae\/en\/news\/story\/ba2bcfe7-bb7a-47f8-bf01-c3848a4b3c25\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">January<\/a> with Congo to streamline trade and customs procedures. The minister also finalized trade talks with Mauritius earlier in <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/uae\/en\/news\/story\/4c923403-fb0c-4688-86ca-39ef3595cf3e\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">December<\/a> to roll out the UAE\u2019s first trade agreement with an African nation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\">\n<p class=\"tag-border-left\">OTHER DIPLOMACY NEWS-<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>UAE at the G20 foreign ministers\u2019 meeting:<\/strong> State Minister Ahmed bin Ali Al Sayegh stressed the Emirates\u2019 support for priorities announced by G20 president Brazil to tackle global challenges like poverty, energy transitions, and global governance at the G20 foreign ministers\u2019 meeting. (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.mofa.gov.ae\/en\/mediahub\/news\/2024\/2\/25\/25-2-2024-uae-brazil\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Statement<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>The UAE and Azerbaijan agreed to boost parliamentary cooperation<\/strong>,afterthe Federal National Council (FNC) inked an MoU with Azerbaijan\u2019s Parliament on Friday. (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fnc_uae\/status\/1760987471393784285\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">X post<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>A UAE delegation led by <strong>National Media Office Chairman <\/strong>Sheikh Abdulla bin Mohammed Al Hamed attended the <strong>Islamic Conference of Information Ministers<\/strong>, which addressed hostilities against journalists in Gaza, in Istanbul, and called for more international efforts to alleviate Palestinian suffering. (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/wam.ae\/en\/article\/b1tqlxn-abdulla-bin-mohammed-hamed-leads-uae-delegation\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Wam<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li><strong>Foreign Affairs Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan <\/strong>met with his<strong> Danish <\/strong><strong>counterpart<\/strong> Lars L\u00f8kke Rasmussen to <strong>discuss boosting relations<\/strong> between the UAE and Denmark. (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OFMUAE\/status\/1761457929683665083\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">X post<\/a>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The trade agreement with Kenya marks the third UAE CEPA inked with an African nation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":89426,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1554],"tags":[949,54,7,1334,950],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-89425","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diplomacy","tag-comprehensive-economic-partnership-agreement","tag-diplomacy","tag-enterpriseam-uae","tag-trade","tag-uae-kenya-relations","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"3e973d68-8287-4d82-abec-a21a75edb941","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2024\/2\/2439.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"UAE, Kenya finalize trade agreement","related_issue":[89399],"teaser":"The trade agreement with Kenya marks the third UAE CEPA inked with an African nation","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2024\/2\/.8eae97e2-dc1f-4117-8b8d-5e2ee1778d82.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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