Saudi Arabia Plans Promotion Campaign in Kuwait

The Saudi Export Development Authority’s pavilion at an exhibition (Export Development Authority website)
The Saudi Export Development Authority’s pavilion at an exhibition (Export Development Authority website)
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Saudi Arabia Plans Promotion Campaign in Kuwait

The Saudi Export Development Authority’s pavilion at an exhibition (Export Development Authority website)
The Saudi Export Development Authority’s pavilion at an exhibition (Export Development Authority website)

The Saudi Export Development Authority is scheduled to begin a promotion campaign in Kuwait from September 29 until October 1 as part of a broader strategy to enhance national service export opportunities through targeted market access tours.
According to the Authority, the tour will feature a series of visits for leading national companies across various sectors, including logistics services, communications and information technology, consulting, and medical services.
These companies will showcase their offerings to both government and private entities in Kuwait, fostering increased trade between the two nations.
The tour is also expected to bolster the presence of Saudi non-oil products and services in the Kuwaiti market, where Saudi exports exceeded 3.7 billion Saudi rial ($986.36 million) in the first half of 2024.
Saudi Exports spokesman Thamer Al-Meshrafi said that through the tour in the Kuwaiti market, the Authority aims to establish links between the Saudi exporters and the Kuwaiti importers and facilitate mechanisms of the non-oil exports to Kuwait.
Al-Meshrafi added that the overall Saudi service experts in 2023 hit 182 billion riyals ($479 million), rising by 40% as compared to the previous year.
Several prominent national companies from the services sector will participate in the tour alongside representatives from four government agencies: the Zakat, Tax, and Customs Authority; the Digital Government Authority; the Transport General Authority; and the Saudi Contractors Authority.

 



Report: EU to Vote on Oct 4 to Finalize Tariffs for China-made EVs

A Leapmotor electric vehicle is put though a rain test on the production line at the Leapmotor factory in Jinhua, China's eastern Zhejiang province on September 18, 2024. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP)
A Leapmotor electric vehicle is put though a rain test on the production line at the Leapmotor factory in Jinhua, China's eastern Zhejiang province on September 18, 2024. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP)
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Report: EU to Vote on Oct 4 to Finalize Tariffs for China-made EVs

A Leapmotor electric vehicle is put though a rain test on the production line at the Leapmotor factory in Jinhua, China's eastern Zhejiang province on September 18, 2024. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP)
A Leapmotor electric vehicle is put though a rain test on the production line at the Leapmotor factory in Jinhua, China's eastern Zhejiang province on September 18, 2024. (Photo by ADEK BERRY / AFP)

The European Union is planning to vote on whether to introduce tariffs as high as 45% on imported electric vehicles made in China on Oct. 4, Bloomberg News reported on Saturday, citing people familiar with the matter.
Member states have received a draft of the regulation for the proposed measures, the report said, adding that the new date could still change.
According to the report, the vote among the bloc's member states was slightly delayed amid last-minute negotiations with Beijing to try to find a resolution that would avoid the new levies.
The European Commission did not immediately respond to a Reuters request for comment.
The European Commission is on the verge of proposing final tariffs of up to 35.3% on EVs built in China, on top of the EU's standard 10% car import duty.
The proposed final duties will be subject to a vote by the EU's 27 members. They will be implemented by the end of October unless a qualified majority of 15 EU members representing 65% of the EU population votes against the levies.