Mauritius and the UAE on 22 July 2024 signed a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA). The agreement is intended to expand trade and investment flows between both nations, with the expected removal of 99% of Mauritius tariffs on imports from the UAE, and 97% of UAE tariffs on imports from Mauritius. For the UAE, the Mauritius agreement is its first CEPA with an African nation. The UAE has, however, actively pursued the conclusion of CEPAs. It has signed economic partnership agreements with several nations including Cambodia, Colombia, Congo (Rep. of), Costa Rica, Georgia, India, Indonesia, Israel, and Turkey, while CEPA...