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UAE’s Comprehensive Economic Partnership

Agreements with Costa Rica and Mauritius come into

force

Published Wednesday, April 02, 2025 By E247

Two of the United Arab Emirates’ Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements (CEPA) have come into force today, laying the
foundation for increased trade and investment with the strategically located and rapidly emerging economies of Costa Rica and

Mauritius. Now in force, the UAE-Costa Rica and UAE-Mauritius CEPAs will reduce tariffs on a wide range of goods, simplify customs
procedures, and establish pathways for investment into high-priority sectors both in the UAE and across the Central American and
African markets.

The two deals mark the seventh and eighth of the UAE’s Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements to come into force,
following the successful roll-out of CEPAs with India, Israel, Türkiye, Indonesia, Cambodia and Georgia since the launch of the program
in 2021. As the nation seeks to increase its foreign trade to AED4 trillion (US$1.1 trillion), it currently has twelve further deals signed
and awaiting ratification with markets around the world, consolidating its status as a trade facilitator and global gateway for goods and
services.

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