The 2 countries are willing to boost their economic ties by establishing a FTA by the end of 2009. Ankara has become a major investor in the Mediterranean since 2003, especially in Egypt.

According to Invest in Turkey, Turkey’s State Minister Zafer Caglayan declared that a delegation from the Turkish Undersecretariat of Foreign Trade is scheduled to visit Jordan on December 1-3 'to conclude technical works on such an agreement'.