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Auction house Sotheby’s put up for auction items of Michael Jordan, Pele and other famous athletes

The auction house expects to gain $ 2-4 million for the sneakers, which played Jordan in one of the games of the final of the National Basketball Association (NBA) in 1998, and $ 100-200 thousand for the shirt in which Pele made his debut for the “New York Cosmos” in 1975.
The basketball player’s sneakers could become the most expensive in history, surpassing the $1.8 million Air Yeezy rapper Kanye West sold for in 2021.
In addition, with an estimate of $400,000 to $600,000, a warm-up jersey of basketball player Kobe Bryant is up for auction. He wore it on the day of the game, where he scored 81 points (the second highest score in NBA history).
In addition, at the auction Victoriam you can buy things tennis players Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer and basketball with the autographs of Bryant and the former U.S. president Barack Obama.
The auction ends April 11.

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JORDAN AND UKRAINE AGREE ON CERTIFICATE FORM ON EXPORT OF UKRAINIAN DAIRY PRODUCTS

The competent authorities of Ukraine and Jordan have agreed on the form of a certificate for the export of milk and dairy products from Ukraine, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba has said.
“This week we opened another market, namely, the export of Ukrainian milk to Jordan. The competent authorities of the two states agreed on the form of a certificate for the export of milk and dairy products from Ukraine. The concrete result of the joint work of diplomats and specialists of the State Service on Food Safety and Consumer Protection,” Kuleba said at an online briefing on Thursday.
He said that Ukrainian dairy products are of very high quality and therefore are in great demand abroad. According to Kuleba, this is the third certificate agreed between Ukraine and Jordan in 2021.
“The Ministry of Foreign Affairs continues to systematically open new foreign markets for Ukrainian exporters together with the State Service on Food Safety and Consumer Protection. Each new open market provides additional opportunities for Ukrainian companies, the strengthening of our national currency, the arrival of foreign currency to Ukraine, new jobs, taxes to the budget, the best salaries for our citizens,” he said.
The Foreign Minister said that not only exporting companies will benefit from the expansion of Ukrainian goods abroad, but every citizen of Ukraine involved in economic activity.

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UKRAINE AND JORDAN DISCUSS TRADE

Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmytro Kuleba and Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriate Affairs of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan Ayman Al-Safadi discussed the issue of trade development and the role of Ukrainian exports in strengthening food security in Jordan.
According to the website of the Ukrainian Foreign Ministry on Monday, during a telephone conversation with his Jordanian counterpart, Kuleba spoke in favor of the restoration of the meetings of the joint Ukrainian-Jordanian commission on trade and economic cooperation in 2021.
Al-Safadi, in turn, supported the proposal of his Ukrainian counterpart to send a delegation of Jordanian business to Ukraine to get acquainted with the opportunities that our state provides for mutually beneficial trade and investment.
The parties also discussed the attraction of Jordanian students to study at Ukrainian universities, the development of events in the Middle East and North Africa region, further cooperation between Ukraine and Jordan within the international organizations. The ministers also exchanged invitations to carry out bilateral visits after the improvement of the epidemic situation.

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UKRAINE PLANS TO NEGOTIATE ON FREE TRADE AREA WITH CHINA, EGYPT, JORDAN, INDONESIA

Ukraine has started preparations for negotiations on new agreements on a free trade area (FTA) with Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia and China, Minister of Economic Development, Trade and Agriculture Ihor Petrashko has said.
“Preparations are underway for negotiations on an FTA with Egypt, Jordan, Indonesia and China,” he said during a press conference in Kyiv on Tuesday.
He also said Ukraine has started negotiations with the EU on revising the Association Agreement.
Petrashko said the additional capitalization of the Export Credit Agency (ECA) to UAH 2 billion, which is provided by the 2021 national budget, will strengthen Ukraine’s export positions

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