What’s on the agenda?

  • International Trade: Challenges & Opportunities.
    • Overview at Developments in the International Trade Environment.
    • Global trade policies and geopolitical developments.
    • Free trade zones and international trade and their impact on international trade trends.
    • The role and importance of trade facilities.
    • Protectionism Impact on Global Supply Chains.
    • Trade war impact on global growth.
  • Arab Trade in the age of Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR)
    • The Fourth Industrial Revolution: what it means and how to respond.
    • How the Fourth Industrial Revolution will change production and services.
    • impact of 4IR technologies on global trade.
    • Are we ready in Arab Countries for the 4IR?
  • Inter-Arab Trade: Between Ambition and Challenges
    • Analyzing the performance of intra-Arab trade.
    • The role of trade agreements in the development of intra-Arab trade.
    • Experiences of Arab economic integration and global challenges.
    • The impact of rules of origin on the future of intra-Arab trade.
    • The impact of exchange rate fluctuations on intra-Arab trade.
    • Towards an Arab strategy for the development of intra-Arab trade.
  • The Role of Finance in the Development of Arab Industrial Exports:
    • The Current situation of Arab industrial exports and the prospective growth.
    • The role of export financing programs in the development of Arab industrial exports.
    • Success factors in export financing.
    • Arab export finance markets and opportunities for expansion.
    • Local laws and expansion of export financing in the Arab region.
    • Opportunities for SMEs to access export finance.
    • Achievements of the trade finance programs in Arab Countries
  • Risk and Cost Mitigation Mechanisms in the Export Credit Guarantee Market:
    • Overview of the export credit guarantee market in the Arab region.
    • The role of export credit programs in mitigating risk and cost.
    • Improving data availability and market transparency.
    • Arab export credit guarantee markets and opportunities for expansion.
    • How to benefit from export credit guarantee programs?
    • The role of factoring companies in export guarantee and credit.
    • Achievements of the Arab Export Guarantee and Credit Institutions.
  • Success Stories in Export Promotion and Finance
  • Open Networking Session
  • B2B Meeting Session for the following sectors:
    • Food & beverage.
    • Textile, Home Textile & Ready Made-Made Garments
    • Electric Industries.