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enhancing economic cooperation and opening new horizons for developmental partnership,
thereby contributing to economic prosperity and creating further opportunities for the business
communities in both countries.
He pointed out that the UAE is Japan’s leading trade partner in the Arab World in terms of exports
and imports, accounting for approximately 37% of Japan’s total exports to Arab countries.
Meanwhile, Japan is among the UAE’s top ten trading partners.

In September 2024, the UAE and Japan initiated discussions to reach a Comprehensive Economic
Partnership Agreement, aiming to unlock new opportunities for economic, investment and trade
relations, taking them to new levels of developmental cooperation.

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