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Originally posted by Bubbette@Jan 22nd, 2004 - 4:35 pm
I was kind of thinking the same thing; I know that Israel has made some foreign investment in Jordan since the peace treaty, but I don't think they are exactly getting a warm welcome, despite the jobs they bring. Isn't there also a relatively new US-Jordan-Israel free trade zone in the Eilat-Aqaba area?
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There is a Jordanian - US Free Trade Agreement (JUSFTA), which came into existence in 2002 (signed in 2001). I think you're referring to the Qualifying Industrial Zone (QIZ) which was established in Ibrid (Jordan) in the late 1990s under the framework of the US-Israeli FTA of 1985, right? Or are you referring to something else? Egypt also qualified as a 'peace partner', but only the former towo countrries really took advantage of the duty free access to the US markets.
Sean