Gulf states
MIDDLE EAST: Regimes address political reform calls
Arab regimes are presenting themselves as seriously engaged in a process of political reform.....
Middle EastSAUDI ARABIA: WTO entry doubts despite EU agreement
Commerce Minister Hashim Yamani is attending the Fifth WTO Ministerial Conference being held in...
Saudi ArabiaIRAQ: Finance reforms advance despite security woes
The new Trade Bank of Iraq will start lending by the end of the month, according to a senior...
IraqMIDDLE EAST: FDI deficit behind uncompetitive exports
Many MENA countries, particularly in the Gulf, have for decades relied on oil as the main source...
Middle EastUS/MIDDLE EAST: Structural flaws mar FTA outlook
Washington is expected this month to announce plans to start talks with Egypt on a free trade...
Middle EastOMAN: Succession looms as energy resources dry up
Oman participated in the second meeting of Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) Interior Ministry...
OmanCHINA: Upstream competition risks downstream linkage
China National Offshore Oil Corporation's (CNOOC) attempt to buy into a Kazakhstan oilfield has...
ChinaMIDDLE EAST: Gulf states to gain from Saddam's fall
The swift conclusion of the war in Iraq appears to have left the economies of the Gulf states...
Gulf States
