Brussels, 20/05/2014 (Agence Europe) - On 12-14 May, trade experts met at the headquarters of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM) in Barcelona. The meeting was organised by the European Commission and the International Trade Centre (the ITC is a joint UN and World Trade Organisation body) to put into effect the EU funded Euro-Mediterranean Trade and Investment Facilitation Mechanism (TIFM).
This project seeks to build closer economic ties between the EU and the southern Mediterranean countries. A trade and investment information portal will soon be online. This is the second technical meeting of this kind, attended by representatives from all Mediterranean countries: Algeria, Egypt, Jordan, Israel, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia and Turkey. (FB)