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Negotiations for Regional Trade Agreements (RTAs) are currently ongoing between:
• EU and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), comprising of Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE),
• the EU and Mercosur (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, and Venezuela which joined the group on 4 July 2006),
• the EU and its Mediterranean Partners (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, the Palestinian Authority, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey)
• the EU and the Association of South East Nations (ASEAN), comprising of Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Thailand, Brunei, Vietnam, Laos, Burma, and Cambodia,
• the EU and Korea, and the EU and India.
Contacts
Please note that if you are looking for help with exporting from the UK to the Gulf countries you should contact UK Trade & Investment, the Government’s advice service to exporters and inward investors (see related links on right hand side).
If you are looking for help on importing into the UK, please contact the export promotion agency of the country in which you reside, or for specific details on tariff and duty charges please contact HMRC - Revenue and Customs (see related links on right hand side).
For all other queries about the EU-GCC negotiations please contact:
Response Centre
Tel:020 7215 5000
or :020 7215 6740 (Minicom)
Fax: 020 7215 0105