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3/28/25, 2:41 PM UAE participates in ‘G20 Trade and Investment Working Group’ meeting – The Gulf Time Newspaper
UAE participates in ‘G20 Trade and Investment Working

Group’ meeting

ABU DHABI/WAM

The UAE has reaffirmed its commitment to supporting an open, rules-based trading system that promotes sustainable
economic development, employment, industrialisation, and shared prosperity during a meeting of the G20 Trade and
Investment Working Group.
Participating in the session as a specially invited guest of South Africa, who holds the G20 presidency for 2025, the UAE
delegation also expressed its support for the integration of developing economies into global supply chains, the importance of
achieving a just green transition and the ongoing reform of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) as a means of upholding a

free, fair, and inclusive multilateral trading system.
The UAE delegation was headed by Juma Al Kait, Assistant Under-Secretary for International Trade Affairs at the Ministry of
Economy, and included representatives of the Ministry of the Economy and the Ministry of Investment.
In his remarks to the working group, Juma Al Kait said the UAE trade agenda is closely aligned with the priorities of South
Africa’s presidency, in particular the structural transformation of the African continent and the development of African
Continental Free Trade Area.
The UAE, he said, has now concluded Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements with five African nations – Kenya,
Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Morocco and Mauritius – and has opened discussions with many more to
expand the benefits of free trade and boost investment in key sectors.
Al Kait also underlined the UAE’s investment into regional value chains, citing the UAE’s Africa Economic Corridor Strategy,
which aims to increase trade by supporting the development of new logistics hubs across Sub-Saharan Africa, and the
contribution of Abu Dhabi Ports and DP World to the development of integrated logistics solutions for African businesses.
This is in addition to the UAE’s support for green industrialisation, which is another core focus of South Africa’s G20
presidency. He noted the UAE’s significant investments in renewable energy ventures, with commitments of more than

US$16.8 billion across 70 countries, the majority of them in the developing world.
In the final session, the UAE highlighted the importance of ensuring the WTO is able to fulfil its mandate as the custodian of
the global trading system, especially in its ability to address economic asymmetries.
He noted the unprecedented progress made on the areas of agriculture and fisheries at the 13th Ministerial Conference
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