Sudan to Develop Red Sea Port in $6-Bln Initial Pact with Emirati Group 

Sudan signed a preliminary agreement with a group led by the UAE's AD Ports Group and Invictus Investment to build and operate the Abu Amama port and economic zone on the Red Sea with a $6-billion investment. (WAM)
Sudan signed a preliminary agreement with a group led by the UAE's AD Ports Group and Invictus Investment to build and operate the Abu Amama port and economic zone on the Red Sea with a $6-billion investment. (WAM)
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Sudan to Develop Red Sea Port in $6-Bln Initial Pact with Emirati Group 

Sudan signed a preliminary agreement with a group led by the UAE's AD Ports Group and Invictus Investment to build and operate the Abu Amama port and economic zone on the Red Sea with a $6-billion investment. (WAM)
Sudan signed a preliminary agreement with a group led by the UAE's AD Ports Group and Invictus Investment to build and operate the Abu Amama port and economic zone on the Red Sea with a $6-billion investment. (WAM)

Sudan on Tuesday signed a preliminary agreement with a group led by the UAE's AD Ports Group and Invictus Investment to build and operate the Abu Amama port and economic zone on the Red Sea with a $6-billion investment. 

The project, located about 200 km (124 miles) north of Port Sudan, would include an economic zone, an airport and an agricultural zone of 400,000 feddans (415,000 acres). 

A 450-km-long (280 mile) road will connect Abu Amama port with the agricultural area of Abu Hamad in Sudan's River Nile State, the two sides said at the signing ceremony held in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum. 

Invictus Investment is headed by Osama Daoud Abdellatif, the chairman of Sudanese conglomerate DAL, who had previously described the port as a joint project between DAL group and AD Ports. AD Ports is owned by Abu Dhabi's holding company ADQ. 

Abdellatif had said the port would be able to handle all kinds of commodities and would compete with the country's main national port, Port Sudan, which has suffered recently from stoppages linked to the country's political turmoil. 

Sudan's Finance Minister Jibril Ibrahim said the country would be entitled to 35% of the net profits from the $6 billion Abu Amama venture. 

The deal was signed just over a week after Sudan's military and civilian political parties signed a framework agreement aimed at forming a civilian government and launching a new political transition after an October 2021 coup. 



South Korea, China Industry Ministers Agree to Cooperate in Evolving Global Environment, Seoul Says

Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao attends a meeting with global business leaders at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 28, 2025. (Reuters)
Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao attends a meeting with global business leaders at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 28, 2025. (Reuters)
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South Korea, China Industry Ministers Agree to Cooperate in Evolving Global Environment, Seoul Says

Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao attends a meeting with global business leaders at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 28, 2025. (Reuters)
Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao attends a meeting with global business leaders at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China, March 28, 2025. (Reuters)

The industry ministers of South Korea and China met on Saturday to discuss the evolving global trade environment and agreed to cooperate bilaterally as well as on multinational trade forums, the South's industry ministry said.

China's Commerce Minister Wang Wentao is visiting Seoul for a three-way ministerial meeting on Sunday with South Korea's Ahn Duk-geun and Japanese Trade Minister Yoji Muto.

"They held discussions on bilateral cooperation measures and trade issues in response to changes in the global trade environment," the South Korean ministry said in a statement.

The first meeting of the two countries' industry ministers is the first since November 2023 and comes as US President Donald Trump's promised tariffs are expected to impact imports from the two Asian export powers.

Trump has already imposed 20% tariffs on all Chinese imports, saying Beijing has failed to stem the flow of precursors for the addictive opioid fentanyl.

South Korea is bracing for duties that could hit its major exports to the United States, including semiconductors and electric vehicle batteries. Ahn has said a 25% tariff on autos unveiled this week by Trump was expected to create "considerable difficulties" for South Korean automakers.