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September 18, 2024

Kuwait’s August trade surplus with Japan up 15 pct

Kuwait’s trade surplus with Japan widened 15.0 percent from a year earlier to JPY 76.9 billion (USD 521 million) in August, up for the first time in two months buoyed by strong exports, government data showed on Wednesday.

Kuwait stayed in black ink…

Japan, UAE to launch FTA negotiations

Japan and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) have decided to launch negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA), Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa announced Wednesday. In a press conference, minister Kamikawa expressed hope of “concluding an ambi…

CBK slashes discount rate by 25 basis points to 4 percent

In light of its vigilant monitoring of the domestic and international economic developments and the end of the monetary tightening cycle initiated since March 2022 at most of global central banks, the Board of Directors of the Central Bank of Kuwait …

Egypt, US responsible for region’s stability — FM

Egypt and the United States are responsible for maintaining peace and stability in the “turbulent” region, said Egyptian Foreign Minister Bader Abdelaati on Wednesday.

This came in the opening speech of the strategic dialogue session between the two…