Japan will start negotiations for an economic partnership agreement with the UAE, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said in a post on X.
The conclusion of the pact with the UAE, coupled with another free trade agreement between Japan and the GCC that will also be negotiated, would “strengthen economic relations between the two countries”, Kishida said.
UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan said on X that the comprehensive trade pact with Japan would be built on “our longstanding history of strategic cooperation”.
Japan and the UAE agreed last year to cooperate on technology and climate change, including energy security and investments in the chip and battery sectors.