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3/20/25, 1:21 PM UAE, EU forge stronger trade links and investment paths
The EU is the UAE’s second-largest global trade partner, with non-oil trade

reaching $67.6 billion in 2024. This marks a 3.6 percent increase from 2023 and

an 18.1 percent rise compared to 2022. The EU now represents 8.3 percent of

the UAE’s total non-oil foreign trade.

During talks with Maros Sefcovic, EU
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Commissioner for Trade and Economic

Security, Al Zeyoudi reviewed the key drivers

behind the UAE’s strong trade relations with

the EU, particularly in advanced

manufacturing, healthcare, and eCommerce.

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The two sides also identified opportunities for
bilateral trade and
increased investment flows into high-growth
business cooperation
sectors such as logistics and renewable

energy.

“The European Union is a highly valued

trade and investment partner for the UAE,

with ties that continue to deepen across a

range of sectors. This is evidenced not

only by increasing trade exchanges but

also through strategic collaboration in Dr. Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi
UAE Minister of State for Foreign
Trade
areas such as food security, energy

transition, and advanced technology. Both sides believe there is

significant potential to maintain the positive trajectory of bilateral

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