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Tunisia wants to join Customs Union
Tunisia has sent a request for joining the Customs Union.
18 January 2015
National Entrepreneurs Chamber suggests introducing trade barriers in Kazakhstan amid Russian ruble crisis
Strengthening of tenge against Russian ruble negatively affects industrial sectors of Kazakh economy, therefore National Chamber believes it is necessary to introduce trade barriers.
03 January 2015
US, EU reject Kazakhstan's proposal to prioritize domestic products in WTO
Samruk Kazyna talks about Kazakhstan's accession to the WTO and how it would impact public procurement in the country.
29 December 2014
EEU to sign agreements on protection of intellectual property in 2015
Kazakhstan Minister of Justice Berik Imashev observed recent trends in registration and protection of trademarks, copyrights and other types of intellectual property in Kazakhstan.
26 December 2014
Kazakhstan monitoring fallout of anti-Russian sanctions: Nazarbayev
Kazakh President Nazarbayev says anti-Russian sanctions do not directly affect Kazakhstan's economy, but all the additional developments are closely monitored.
22 December 2014
China wants to build plants in Kazakhstan: Li Keqiang
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang expressed China’s readiness to build plants in Kazakhstan during the meeting of the Shanghai Cooperation in Astana.
17 December 2014
US increases FDI into Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan and US increase cooperation in trade and economic cooperation. Kazakhstan's Foreign Minister Erlan Idrissov's visit to Washington aimed at strengthening this cooperation.
16 December 2014
Road to Eurasian Economic Union bumpier than it seems
With Belarus restoring customs posts weeks before the Eurasian Economic Union comes into force, what are the parties' roles in the new integration project?
15 December 2014
EU and EEU should work together: Nazarbayev
President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev has spoken about cooperation between the European Union and the Eurasian Economic Union at the Kazakh-French business forum in Astana.
08 December 2014
Kazakh-French business forum in Astana
Kazakhstan hosted a business forum with French collegues to discuss trade cooperation.
06 December 2014
Nazarbayev, Rouhani and Berdimuhamedow open 'new Silk Road'
The President of Kazakhstan Nursultan Nazarbayev, the President of Turkmenistan Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow and the Iranian President Hassan Rouhani have participated in the opening ceremony of the Uzen-Beket-Goran railroad.
05 December 2014
France and Kazakhstan to sign agreements worth $530.3 million
For the first 9 months of 2014 the bilateral trade turnover figure made up $4.7 billion, with major Kazakhstan’s exports being oil, metals and chemicals.
05 December 2014
Russian official says dollar, euro could be banned in Eurasian Union; Kazakh National Chamber of Entrepreneurs responds
Kazakh officials have responded to the remakrs of the chairman of the board of directors of Russia’s National Payment Council, who said that the EEU could see a ban on interstate transactions in dollars and euros.
03 December 2014
Russia-Kazakhstan trade affected by Russian economic slowdown
Experts say stagnation in the Russian economy has had its effect on the Kazakh-Russian trade turnover.
29 November 2014
Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan to increase trade turnover
President of Uzbekistan has arrived in the capital of Kazakhstan Astana to discuss bilateral cooperation with Kazakh leader Nursultan Nazarbayev. They believe economic potential of trade and economic cooperation between the countries has not been fully unleashed.
25 November 2014
Uzbek leader Islam Karimov arrives in Kazakhstan
President Nursultan Nazarbayev has met his Uzbek counterpart Islam Karimov in Astana.
25 November 2014
Kazakhstan expects boost in Chinese investments
Minister of National Economy of Kazakhstan said he expected the new stimuli package adopted in Kazakhstan to boost the inflow of investment from China.
21 November 2014
Kazakhstan calls to update EU strategy for Central Asia
A bilateral meeting was held in Brussels between Kazakhstan and the EU, during which the Kazakh side called for updating the EU strategy for Central Asia.
20 November 2014
Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran railway line to open on December 3
The Kazakhstan-Turkmenistan-Iran railway line will be opened on December 3.
20 November 2014
German Foreign Minisiter calls Kazakhstan Central Asian 'anchor of stability'
German Foreign Affairs Minister Steinmeier has called Kazakhstan an 'anchor of stability' in Central Asia but expressed worries that geopolitical situation in the region might affect economic cooperation between the two countries.
11 November 2014