Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 35

30-August-2004

TRADE AND COMMERCE

GCC Signs Economic Framework Agreements With India, Pakistan

The current chairman of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), Kuwaiti Foreign Minister Shaikh Muhammad al-Salim al-Sabah, has signed economic framework agreements aimed at expanding and liberalizing trade relations between the GCC and both India and Pakistan. The signings took place during an official visit to the two countries on 24-27 August. The deals pave the...