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“The United States is a close partner and friend to the United Arab Emirates and we look

forward to further strengthening our bilateral trade relations and ensuring that our shared path
of prosperity continues by promoting the smooth flow of goods, services, and capital necessary

to stimulate shared economic growth,” he said.

The US is the UAE’s largest trading partner outside Asia and the sixth largest globally

accounting for 4 per cent of the UAE’s non-oil trade that reached $32.8 billion last year.

More than 1,800 US companies have set up in the UAE, according to the UAE Chamber of

Commerce and Industry that anticipates a rise in the businesses keen on expanding to the
Emirates. More than 115 UAE companies operate in the US in health care, technology, tourism,

aviation, AI and hospitality.

The UAE has investments in the US estimated at about $1 trillion in sectors across aviation,

manufacturing, energy, advanced technology, and artificial intelligence. Both countries also work
closely to strengthen regional and global security along with economic prosperity.

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