Amman, June 17 (Petra) -- Jordan Chamber of Commerce (JCC) President Khalil Haj Tawfiq on Wednesday discussed with Mexican Ambassador Jacob Prado Gonzalez expanding economic, trade, and investment cooperation.
According to a JCC statement, Tawfiq said Jordan’s exports to Mexico reached JD 17 million last year, compared with imports of JD 55 million, pointing to significant opportunities to increase and diversify Jordanian exports.
He also called for studying the possibility of reaching a free trade agreement between Jordan and Mexico to boost trade exchange, increase investment flows, and open new markets for exports in both countries.
During the meeting at JCC headquarters, Tawfiq stressed the need to activate the 2021 memorandum of understanding signed between the JCC and the Mexican Business Council for Foreign Trade, Investment, and Technology to strengthen private-sector engagement and launch practical cooperation initiatives that serve mutual economic interests.
He urged stronger communication with Mexican chambers of commerce and economic institutions, proposing a virtual meeting between JCC and its Mexican counterpart to identify priority sectors for cooperation, particularly tourism, information technology, transport equipment, medical devices, pharmaceuticals, food industries, and chemical industries.
Tawfiq proposed hosting a Mexican economic and trade delegation in Jordan to examine available investment opportunities and the advantages the Kingdom offers investors, and to explore Jordan’s potential as a gateway to Arab and regional markets.
He also called for studying the establishment of an Arab-Mexican chamber of commerce as a permanent institutional framework to advance economic, trade, and investment cooperation between Mexico and Arab countries, facilitate communication between business communities, identify promising opportunities, and build partnerships and joint ventures.
Tawfiq said Jordan offers an attractive investment environment and a strategic location that qualifies it as a gateway to regional and Arab markets, stressing the importance of exchanging trade delegations and organizing joint business meetings to promote investment opportunities on both sides.
He said promising export opportunities should be leveraged, particularly in chemical industries, fertilizers, textiles, plastic products, and engineering industries, alongside stronger cooperation in technology, food industries, logistics, and investment.
For his part, Gonzalez affirmed Mexico’s keenness to strengthen economic, trade, and investment cooperation with Jordan and develop ties between the two countries’ business communities.
He highlighted the importance of launching joint initiatives and projects in strategic sectors of mutual interest, especially trade, services, agriculture, information technology, transport, and tourism.
Gonzalez expressed interest in the proposals presented during the meeting and said the embassy is ready to support the preparation of a joint action program to enhance communication with chambers of commerce and business councils in Mexico, explore new areas of cooperation, facilitate engagement between economic stakeholders, and expand bilateral trade.
The Mexican ambassador invited the JCC and Jordanian businesspeople to visit Mexico to review available economic and investment opportunities and discuss the potential for building practical and sustainable private-sector partnerships between the two countries.
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