The council deals with both economic and social issues concerning business and advocates a policy of balanced industrial development for all Middle East regions. The council seeks to create and maintain an environment which is favorable to industrial investment, job creation, growth and development.

HACAI participates actively in policy-making consultations on a very broad range of issues, including economic and social policy, labor legislation and industrial relations, social security and health care, taxation, policies for small and medium-sized enterprises, education, and research and technology, and the environment.

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