Economy

Trade and investment links between the United States and Saudi Arabia appear to be growing and will get a further boost when the Saudi crown prince visits the White House on November 18.

When the Saudi crown prince meets President Trump in Washington, the main topics of discussion are likely to be commercial deals, a defense pact, a Saudi civilian nuclear program, and normalization with Israel.

Gulf insurers can embed environmental resilience, social safeguards, and governance rigor into underwriting to strengthen local markets and align with the expectations of global investors increasingly focused on ESG.

The Vision 2030 reforms are continuing to deliver positive economic outcomes, but the pace of gains is slowing in some areas.

Stalled AI deals announced during President Trump’s May visit to the Gulf may be getting back on track, but plenty of questions remain.

Participation in new country groupings offers the UAE additional avenues to navigate reconfigurations in global trade and reinforce economic partnerships.

On October 21, AGSI hosted a discussion on the strategic economic significance of sovereign wealth funds in the Middle East-Asia investment corridor.

Israeli and Iranian attacks on targets in Qatar are worrying developments for the small Gulf state, but they are unlikely to disrupt an expected acceleration of economic growth over the short and medium terms.