 The head of the Organisation of the Islamic Conference has called on its members to work for the creation of a free trade zone in the near future.
| Well, I'm confused. I thought Oxfam said free trade would be bad for the natives? They'd all starve to death? Everybody in sight is living on $2 a day, after all... |
"It is imperative for our countries to accelerate the process of economic and trade cooperation inside the OIC, which in turn will act as a lever ... to ensure that some of our economies are not further marginalised," OIC Secretary-General Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu said in Istanbul on Thursday. He was speaking at the opening of the 21st annual session of the OIC's permanent Committee for Economic and Commercial Cooperation (COMCEC). Ihsanoglu invited those states that had not yet done so to sign and ratify as fast as possible a framework agreement on trade preferences among OIC members so they could "enter discussions" on the creation of a free trade zone "in the near future". |