Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 32

9-Aug-2010

REGIONAL

Turkey, Syria, Jordan And Lebanon Set Up Economic Partnership Council

A free trade zone between Turkey, Syria, Jordan and Lebanon was formally established on 1 August in Istanbul when ministers from the four countries agreed to form the Close Neighbors Economic and Trade Partnership Council. A preliminary agreement to set up the free trade zone was initialed in June on the sidelines of the 5th Turkish Economic Forum held in Istanbul...