U.S.-Israel Joint Economic Development Group (JEDG)
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The U.S.–Israel Joint Economic Development Group (JEDG) is the annual bilateral meeting between Israel
and the United States
meant to discuss economic conditions in both countries and possible economic reforms that could be taken by the Government of Israel. Since 2003, fiscal and other economic conditions for the $9 billion U.S.-Israel Loan Guarantee Commitment Agreement (LGCA) have been signed by the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Israeli Ministry of Finance at the JEDG. The last JEDG took place on June 29, 2009 in Washington, D.C. The last Mid-Year Review of the U.S.-Israel loan guarantee agreement took place on December 15, 2009.
Israel
The State of Israel is a parliamentary republic located in the Middle East, along the eastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea...
and the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
meant to discuss economic conditions in both countries and possible economic reforms that could be taken by the Government of Israel. Since 2003, fiscal and other economic conditions for the $9 billion U.S.-Israel Loan Guarantee Commitment Agreement (LGCA) have been signed by the U.S. Department of State and U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Israeli Ministry of Finance at the JEDG. The last JEDG took place on June 29, 2009 in Washington, D.C. The last Mid-Year Review of the U.S.-Israel loan guarantee agreement took place on December 15, 2009.