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The new agreement is expected to boost annual bilateral trade by about 50 percent, bringing bilateral trade to some $3 billion.

A source close to the negotiations said that the two sides were “at an advanced stage of tying up loose ends.”

Japan has the third-largest economy in the world.

“The Gulf is a trade hub for a lot of European and Asian companies,” said Dan Catarivas, director general of foreign trade and international relations at the Manufacturing Association of Israel.

"The most potent force of militant Islam is the Iranian regime. It is devouring one nation after the other."

The two ministers set a goal to double the volume of trade between their respective countries within the next five years.

A series of economic agreements are to be signed during the visit that will boost Israeli industry.

Israel and South Korea are engaged in free trade negotiations; a round of talks concluded Thursday in Seoul.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is working to improve economic ties with politically friendly Latin American countries in order to compensate for the...