By Tareq Yousef AlShumaimry
Former Secretary-General of the Commercial Arbitration Centre of the Gulf Cooperation Council
European Union (EU) and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) are set to mark a significant milestone in their strategic partnership with the 9th EU–GCC Business Forum, to be held at the Sheikh Abdullah Al Salem Cultural Centre in Kuwait City on 5–6 November. The event will bring together high-level officials, business leaders, and innovators to strengthen collaboration in trade, innovation, and investment.
Being held under the theme ‘Together for Shared Prosperity’, the Forum is organized as part of the wider ‘EU–GCC Dialogue on Economic Diversification’ project launched in 2018. The Dialogue on Economic Diversification has the objective of contributing to stronger EU-GCC relations by leveraging the experiences of the EU to support GCC states as they diversify their economies away from an overdependence on hydrocarbon revenues, and enhancing trade and investment flows between the two sides.
