The UAE’s Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreements (CEPAs) are ideal examples of South-South cooperation that is helping UAE to increase its trade with its partners. Thanks to CEPAs, the UAE recorded a 49 percent jump in its total foreign trade reaching Dh5.23 trillion (US$1.42 trillion) in 2024, compared to Dh3.5 trillion (US$949 billion) in 2021, according … Continue reading US$6.4 Trillion Shortfall Spurs Call for Deeper South-South Cooperation at Global South Economic Forum

Date: Abu Dhabi, UAE; June 12, 2025 With the world’s developing nations facing an unprecedented US$4 trillion annual shortfall in sustainable development financing, leaders of the developing nations are coming together in Abu Dhabi for a landmark forum. The first-ever Global South Economic Forum (GSEF), set for June 17, 2025, will bring together policymakers, experts,  think-tankers, … Continue reading Global South Economic Forum to address US$4 trillion annual funding gap in developing countries