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Al-Monitor Short: The free-trade agreement between Turkey and Ukraine could change not only the two countries’ bilateral relationship but also their regional and global profiles. Read more.

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Even as Erdogan befriends Putin, Turkey and Ukraine ink major free trade deal

Barin Kayaoglu

In Ankara, reporting on geopolitics and national security

Egypt's Minister of Trade and Industry Tarek Kabil attends an agreement signing ceremony with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi at the El-Thadiya presidential palace in Cairo, Egypt October 5, 2016. Picture taken October 5, 2016. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh - RTX2Q7VA

Why Egypt is moving forward on free trade

Amr Mostafa

Employees of the state-run South Oil Company (SOC) join a new oil storage tank to the oil pipelines near the southern city of Basra January 14, 2013. The head of the state-run South Oil Company said the new facility will add a capacity of one million barrels to the existing 5.5 million barrels available. REUTERS/Atef Hassan (IRAQ - Tags: ENERGY CIVIL UNREST) - RTR3CG6G

Iraq Set to Expand Free-Trade Zones

Omar al-Shaher

A ship is docked at Al-Basra oil terminal, next to a Central Meeting and Manifold Platform belonging to Iraq's Southern Oil Company in the Middle East Gulf November 27, 2013. The Southern Oil Company is preparing a new Central Metering and Manifold Platform to increase oil export capacity. It will be operational in the first quarter of next year, according to Associate Director Mahmoud Abdul Amir. Picture taken November 27, 2013. REUTERS/Essam Al-Sudani (IRAQ - Tags: ENERGY) - RTX163G7

Iraq seeks to become regional trade hub

Aysar Jabber