EFTA-Gulf Cooperation Council FTA

1. Introduction to the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-European Free Trade Association Agreement
2. Topics covered by the GCC-EFTA Agreement
3. Foreign Trade between the EFTA (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland) and the GCC (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates)

Sample - EFTA-Gulf Cooperation Council Free Trade Agreement:

The Subject “Gulf Cooperation Council-EFTA Free Trade Agreement” belongs to the following Online Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Masters: International Business, Foreign Trade.

Doctorate: World Trade.

Languages: EFTA AELE AELC.

Entry into force of the EFTA-Gulf Cooperation Council Free Trade Agreement: July 2014 (Signed on June 2009).

The main objective of the EFTA-Gulf Cooperation Council Free Trade Agreement is to set-up a free trade area through the liberalization of the bilateral trade.

The EFTA-Gulf Cooperation Council Free Trade Agreement covers:

1. Trade in Services
2. Trade in Goods (tariff concessions on the processed agricultural products)
3. Competition
4. IPR
5. Investment
6. Government Procurement
7. Dispute Settlement
8. Administration
9. ...

Bilateral agricultural agreements between the EFTA States (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Switzerland) and the Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (Bahrain, Kuwait, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the UAE).

Rules of origin: based on the EU model (EUR.1 movement certificate).

The EFTA to the European Economic Area and the Gulf Cooperation Council to the Arab Economic Area (Islamic Civilization).