VOL. XXXIX

No. 56

21 October 1996

SAUDI ARABIA

WTO Membership May Help Saudi Arabia Against EU Tariffs

The Saudi Minister of Industry and Electricity, Dr. Hashim 'Abd Allah Yamani, has said that Saudi Arabia's position against the European Union's stiff import tariffs on petrochemicals would be strengthened when the Kingdom joins the World Trade Organization (WTO). Speaking at a conference on petrochemicals in Riyadh last week, the Minister said that his country had already applied to...