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US, Palestinian officials hold first economic dialogue in five years

The US-Palestinian Economic Dialogue covered infrastructure development, access to US markets, US regulations, free trade and other financial issues.
Youths wave a Palestinian flag outside of the White House on Aug. 9, 2014, in Washington, DC.

For the first time in five years, US and Palestinian officials met virtually this week to hold an economic dialogue as the Biden administration works to restore relations with Ramallah. 

Participants in the senior-level US-Palestinian Economic Dialogue on Tuesday “pledged to expand and deepen cooperation and coordination,” the State Department said in a statement. 

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