Shopie Georgiou

  The UAE -Israel Cepa has been designed to help facilitate global supply chain efficiency, including for agriculture and food products, which would have an impact on food security. It would also help facilitate the movement of natural persons, especially the business community. The agreement, which is expected to have a major catalysing effect on mutual investment flows, has opened the doors to new export opportunities in the services and services-related sectors. It provides better market access for key UAE products to Israel, such as aluminium, petrochemicals, and polymers such as ethylene and propylene. The deal also secures more favourable access for UAE companies to Israel’s market in services, such as business services, communications services, distribution services, environmental services, financial services, tourism and travel-related services, and transport services. According to the investment consultants, Cepa will also enable investment flows into tourism infrastructure pr