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The ministry said the trade ministers signed a memorandum of understanding providing for regular consultations, information sharing, trade promotion and investment facilitation.","The statement lists agriculture and industrial development among cooperation areas. The countries also discussed cross-border business barriers, product quality assurance, certification, standards and regional trade corridors. The source gives no separate signing date or trade-volume target; the MoU is a framework, not a measured increase in trade flows."],"sections":[]},"corrections":[],"country":"SS","data":{"blocks":[{"description":{"ar":"إطار التعاون التجاري الوارد في بيان الخارجية الأوغندية في 15 أكتوبر.","de":"Handelskooperationsrahmen laut Erklärung des Außenministeriums vom 15. 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