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Foreign Minister Shahid meets Assistant US Trade Representative

Jaah Ziyad
20 February 2019, MVT 21:18
Minister of Foreign Affairs Abdulla Shahid with Ed Gresser, Assistant United States Trade Representative for Trade Policy and Economics. PHOTO: MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Jaah Ziyad
20 February 2019, MVT 21:18

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdulla Shahid, held a meeting with Ed Gresser, Assistant United States Trade Representative for Trade Policy and Economics, on Wednesday.

During the meeting held at the US Trade Representative’s office, Minister Shahid and Gresser discussed ways to develop trade relations between Maldives and the US, including ways to attract more foreign direct investment from the US and to increase access of Maldives Fisheries exports to US markets.

Gresser also stated that the US government will resume discussions in May 2019 with the Maldives under the Trade and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) signed between the two countries in 2009. This agreement aims to expand trade and investment between the two countries, reduce trade barriers, and protect Intellectual Property Rights and workers' rights.

Minister Shahid was accompanied by the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs, Ahmed Khaleel, Ambassador of the Maldives to the United States, Ali Naseer Mohamed, and Shiuneen Rasheed, Director at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

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