QIZs Help Stimulate Jordanian Exports to the United States
May 7, 2013, category: Economy, Trade Policy
In 2012, Jordan was the U.S.’s 73rd largest goods trading partner with $2.8 billion in bilateral trade in goods. Goods exports totaled $1.6 billion; Goods imports totaled $1.2 billion. The U.S. goods trade surplus with
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Maryland-Israel R&D Collaboration Program is Taking Off!
May 6, 2013, category: Technology
The framework of the Maryland-Israel Industrial R&D Cooperation program has evolved from the Memorandum of Understanding (Maryland-Israel MOU) which was signed in 2004 between the State of Maryland and the State of Israel, aiming to
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Israeli Hummus is winning America over
May 6, 2013, category: General
The Wall Street Journal reports that apparently “Hummus is conquering America”- Sabra Dipping Co., a joint venture of PepsiCo Inc. and Israel’s Strauss Group Ltd., wants to cultivate a commercial crop in Virginia to reduce its
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Israel – Egypt Bilateral Trade Grows 53% Between 2008 and 2011
April 30, 2013, category: General
In 2011 (latest data available) Israel-Egypt bilateral trade reached $415 million dollars, with Israeli exports to Egypt reaching $236 million and Egyptian exports to Israel totaling $178 million. We estimate that around $100 million of
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QIZs Boost Egyptian Exports to the U.S. – 124% Growth Since 2004
April 19, 2013, category: Economy, General, Trade Policy
Egyptian exports to the United States increased dramatically since the first Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) was established. Since 2004, the year prior to the establishment of the first Egyptian QIZ, Egyptian exports totaled $1.3 billion
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The U.S-Israel Free FTA – A Platform for Regional Economic Cooperation
April 8, 2013, category: Economy, Trade Policy
The U.S.–Israel Free Trade Agreement (FTA) helped lay the foundation to establish economic cooperation between Israel and two of its neighbors, Jordan and Egypt. In 1996, two years after the signing of the Israel–Jordan Peace
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Where is Facebook going for new games? Israel
March 13, 2013, category: Uncategorized
Where is Facebook going for new games? Israel Five of the developers of Facebook‘s ten largest social games in the EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa) come from srael, and the company
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Peres presents economic plan to OECD, hears praise from Gurria
March 10, 2013, category: investment, Technology
Peres presents economic plan to OECD, hears praise from Gurria On a visit to Paris Friday, President Shimon Peres presented an economic plan to involve multinational corporations in addressing the economic needs of developing
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President Issues Executive Order to Improve Cybersecurity of Critical Infrastructure
March 8, 2013, category: Homeland Security, Technology
Following unseccussful attempts to enact comprehensive legislation that will respond to cyber security threats to the United States, in February 2013, President Obama issued an Executive Order titled “Improving Critical Infrastructure Cybersecurity”. The President explained in
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Israeli retro-carphone could make driving safer
March 8, 2013, category: Hi-Tech, Technology
David Shamah, Times of Israel: For years, convergence has been the watchword in the mobile world. Where once users would carry a device for phone calls, another for data recording (like the old
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