NINGXIA / WAM The China-Arab States Expo kicked off on Wednesday in Yinchuan, capital of northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, demonstrating the growing economic relations between the world’s 2nd largest economy and the Arab world. Juma Mohamed Al Kait, Assistant Undersecretary for Foreign Trade Affairs at the Ministry of Economy, who is leading the UAE high-level delegation, has underscored ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The board of the Federal Tax Authority (FTA), approved planned future changes to the UAE tax system, including new procedures to adopt a selective tax system next month and value added tax (VAT), at the start of next year. The board approved these changes during its second meeting, which was chaired by HH Sheikh Hamdan bin ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Abu Dhabi Department of Economic Development has toughened penalties against entities using bogus economic licenses to AED50,000, in addition to blacklisting violators. “Using fake licenses is a significant threat to economic activities and anti-counterfeiting measures have to be harshened to put an end to such practices,” said Khalifa Bin Salim Al Mansouri, Acting Undersecretary of DED, ...