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2/27/24, 5:02 PM Al Zeyoudi honours graduates of UAE’s Global Future Trade Leaders Programme | Emirates News Agency
designed to develop the Emirati trade negotiators of the

future.

The three-month training course, which was launched

by the Ministry of Economy in conjunction with Abu

Dhabi Department of Economic Development (ADDED)

last November, has been designed to equip participants

with the skills necessary to drive forward the nation’s

foreign trade agenda.

The Graduation ceremony was also attended by Ngozi

Okonjo-Iweala, Director General of the World Trade

Organisation, and Rashid Al Balushi, Under-Secretary of

the Department of Economic Development - Abu Dhabi.

The graduation comes on the eve of the 13th Ministerial

Conference (MC13), the World Trade Organisation’s

topmost decision-making body that is taking place in

Abu Dhabi between 26th-29th February. Preparations

for the event, which gathers global ministers and

government officials from 164 Member States to review,

refine and update the rules governing global trade, was

part of the Global Future Trade Leaders Programme’s

curriculum.

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