العلاقات بين العالم العربي والاتحاد الأوروبي علاقات تجارية وثقافية وسياسية واقتصادية تمتد جذورها في عمق التاريخ كونهما جاران متلاصقان يقعان على ضفتي البحر الأبيض المتوسط الذي يفصل بينهما ويجمعهما في آن واحد، وقد مرا عبر الزمن بفترات ازدهرت فيها العلاقات والمبادلات بينهما كما مرا بفترات صعبة إذا ما صح التعبير.

وبما أن الطرفان يرتبطان بمجموعة واسعة من المصالح المشتركة فمن البديهي أن تعزيز العلاقات بينهما في جميع المجالات هو مسألة ذات أولوية لكل من الاتحاد الأوروبي والعالم العربي. ومن المعروف أن العالم العربي يمد أوروبا بموارد الطاقة، بينما تقوم أوروبا بدور هام في تلبية الاحتياجات العربية للمشاريع التنموية ومن مختلف السلع المستوردة.

لمحة عن الاقتصاد العالمي

توقع صندوق النقد الدولي في شهر تموز/يوليو ان يتعزز الاقتصاد العالمي وأن تبلغ نسبة نموه 3.5٪ عام 2017 و3.6٪ عام 2018، غير أنه سيتباطأ في ذات الوقت في الولايات المتحدة حيث تراجعت التوقعات لعامي 2017 و2018 من 2.3٪ و2.5٪ على التوالي إلى 2.1٪ خلال السنتين المعنيتين. أما فيما يتعلق بالصين، فقد تم تعديل التوقعات قليلا إلى 6.7٪ (أي بزيادة 0.1) هذا العام و6.4٪ (بزيادة 0.2) عام 2018 بفضل تحقيق مستوى نشاط اقتصادي أقوى من المتوقع في الربع الأول من العام ونتيجة الإجراءات والإصلاحات اقتصادية.

Jordan has made an inventive proposal to the International community which was officially presented in London Conference on the 4th,Feb; The Jordan Compact which is a new holistic approach between Jordan and the International Community to deal with the Syrian Refugee Crisis.

Under this Compact, Jordan offered to create new hopes and jobs for Syrians and Jordanians alike; to issue work permits to Syrians willing to work in Jordan , and to also allow them establish their own businesses in Jordan.

To implement this proposal, Jordan requested the EU to facilitate trade related issues especially the stringent rules of origin issues to enable products by Syrian refugees in Jordan to find new markets.

In response, the EU offered a 10 year period of facilitation of Rules of Origin (RoO), and a decision has been adopted by Jordan-EU Association Committee on the 19th of July 2016 to simplify the RoO.

In light of this, Jordan aims at attracting more investment from Europe and other regions as well. At the same time, the Government is working on attracting businesses to invest in with a view to supporting refugees' livelihoods through direct employment, which would give them the opportunity to live dignified lives and to maintain their skills up-to-date.

Learn more on the Jordan compact here

The Arab-Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce was proud to take part to the Conference with His Excellency Mr. Adel AL-JUBEIR, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, organized by the Embassy of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia in collaboration with Egmont Institute on Tuesday, 19 July 2016.

The Arab-Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce is proud to announce the publication, both in hard and soft copies, of its new Business Handbook, which is a first-class guide to Arab-Belgian-Luxembourg official institutions, professional organizations, and to the ABLCC growing network of companies along with their contact details.

This Business Handbook also provides valuable economic information on Belgium and Luxembourg in the Arabic language.

Last but not least it is meant to reach a target audience of more than 10,000 people, be they trade officials or stakeholders, in Belgium, Luxembourg, and 22 Arab countries.

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