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Indonesia courts Saudi support to speed up negotiations of GCC trade deal

Source: Arab News
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Indonesia courts Saudi support to speed up negotiations of GCC trade deal
Image: Arab News

Indonesia is courting support from Saudi Arabia to speed up negotiations for a free trade agreement with the Gulf Cooperation Council, Trade Minister Budi Santoso said on Thursday after talks with the Saudi Minister of Commerce Majid bin Abdullah Al-Kassabi. Indonesia and the GCC launched talks for the FTA in July 2024, with nearly 90 percent of the agreement completed so far. Santoso and Al-Kassabi met on Wednesday on the sidelines of the G20 Trade Ministers Meeting in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as

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