Germany’s Friedrich Ebert Foundation has invited a high ranking Egyptian economic delegation to visit Israel to attend a seminar on bilateral trade, hosted by the Foundation

Mr. Ehud Olmert, Minister of Industry, Trade and Labor signed last week an administrative order temporarily lifting the need for an import license to goods shipped from Pakistan. The decision was made after recent advances in relations between the two cou

According to the World Bank "Doing Business in 2006: Creating Jobs" report, published last week, Israel ranked 29th among 155 countries for business friendliness. The World Bank’s ease-of-doing-business index ranks 155 economies worldwide

Following complaints raised by Jordanian exporters, concerning long delays at Jordan river border crossing, the port of Haifa decided last week to extend free storage period for Jordanian export containers, from 4 to 6 days

Maman air cargo terminal announced last week that it was about to conclude an agreement with an un-named American company for the setting up of a joint company which will operate a cargo terminal at NY's JFK airport

US Trade Representative Robert Portman said last week that the US and Saudi Arabia had concluded negotiations for a bilateral trade agreement that will enable Saudi Arabia to join the World Trade Organization (WTO)

Israeli officials expressed last week deep concerns following reports that the Palestinians had breached the borders of the joint Israeli-Palestinian Authority tax envelope

Egyptian Minister of Foreign Trade and Industry and the Israeli Minister of Industry have both put forward a forma request to the US government to expand the qualifying industrial zone agreement for tax exemption on joint exports