UK post-Brexit trade and investment talks with GCC

Gulf Co-operation Council ministers held a virtual meeting with the UK’s minister for the Middle East and North Africa James Cleverly on 22 February to discuss the prospects for expanding trade links. The GCC side was chaired by Bahrain’s foreign affairs minister Abdullatif Bin Rashid Al-Zayani; other countries sent more junior representatives, including Omani undersecretary for diplomatic affairs Sheikh Khalifa Ali Al-Harthy and UAE minister of state for international co-operation Reem Bint Ibrahim Al-Hashemy.