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2/27/24, 5:02 PM HE Al Zeyoudi congratulates graduates of UAE’s Global Future Trade Leaders Program
UAE’s status as a leading trade hub…”

Abu Dhabi, UAE – In the presence of His Excellency Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi,

Minister of State for Foreign Trade, H.E. Ahmed Jasim Al Zaabi, Chairman of the

Department of Economic Development, Abu Dhabi today honored the first 30 graduates of
the Global Future Trade Leaders Program – a course 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 Organization, H.E. Ahmed Juma Al Zaabi, Chairman of the Department of
Economic Development, Abu Dhabi, and H.E. Rashid Al Balushi, Undersecretary of the

Department of Economic Development - Abu Dhabi.

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The graduation comes on the eve of the 13th Ministerial Conference (MC13), the World

Trade Organization’s topmost decision-making body that is taking place in Abu Dhabi
between February 26-29. Preparations for the event, which gathers global ministers and

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