Israel and Jordan are to enter detailed negotiations on the formation of a joint free-trade area.
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The two benefit from a free-trade agreement with the United States, on jointly produced goods.
But at a meeting today between Jordan’s King Abdullah and Israel’s Foreign Minister Sylvan Shalom, the sides agreed to expand the agreement between them, according to Israel’s Foreign Ministry.