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Home Special Coverage Middle East Peace Process

Landmark Israel, UAE trade deal axes nearly all tariffs

UAE predicts the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement will boost bilateral trade to more than $10 billion a year within five years.

by  Reuters and ILH Staff
Published on  05-31-2022 12:41
Last modified: 05-31-2022 12:41
Landmark Israel, UAE trade deal axes nearly all tariffsAP/Jon Gambrell

Emirati and Israeli flags fly at the 2020 Dubai Expo. On May 31, 2022, the UAE and Israel signed a major trade deal | File photo: AP/Jon Gambrell

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Israel signed a free trade agreement with the United Arab Emirates on Tuesday, its first big trade accord with an Arab state that reduces or removes tariffs and over time targets lifting annual bilateral trade to more than $10 billion.

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The pact was signed in Dubai by Economy and Industry Minister Orna Barbivai and her counterpart, UAE Minister of Economy Abdulla bin Touq Al Marri, after months of negotiations.

Tariffs will be eliminated on 96% of goods with the UAE predicting the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement would boost bilateral trade to more than $10 billion a year within five years.

Emirati trade minister Thani Al Zeyoudi said the trade deal wrote "a new chapter in the history of the Middle East."

"Our agreement will accelerate growth, create jobs and lead to a new era of peace, stability, and prosperity across the region," he wrote on Twitter.

Barbivai told Israeli radio on Tuesday she had heard "nothing out of the ordinary" about the Al Aqsa violence so far during her visit to the UAE.

President of the UAE-Israel Business Council Dorian Barak said the trade agreement defined tax rates, imports and intellectual property, which would encourage more Israeli companies to set up offices in the UAE, particularly in Dubai.

The council predicts there will be almost 1,000 Israeli companies working in or through the UAE by the end of the year doing business with South Asia, the Far East and Middle East.

"The domestic market doesn't represent the entirety of the opportunity. The opportunity is really setting up in Dubai, as many companies have, in order to target the broader region," Barak told Reuters by phone.

Emirati-Israeli trade reached $1.2 billion in 2021, according to official Israeli data.

For oil-rich UAE, the deal with Israel is its second bilateral free trade agreement after signing a similar accord with India in February. It is in bilateral trade talks with several other countries, including Indonesia and South Korea.

The UAE has been aggressively pursuing these deals in a bid to strengthen its economy and status as a major business hub following the hit it took from the COVID pandemic.

Israel and the UAE established ties in September 2020 under the Abraham Accords.

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