Dubai Business Delegation Completes Successful Visit to Los Angeles
A high-level business delegation led by the Dubai Investment Development Agency (Dubai FDI) with its sister agency Dubai Exports completed a highly successful trade mission to Los Angeles, California this week. The trip marked Dubai FDI’s first visit to the U.S. in 2019, and included senior leaders from the Dubai Airport Free Zone (DAFZA), Dubai […]
U.A.E. Remains Largest U.S. Export Destination in MENA for Tenth Consecutive Year
On 6 March 2019 the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Census Bureau, Foreign Trade Division released its annual U.S. trade statistics for 2018. The U.S. continues to enjoy a large trade surplus with the United Arab Emirates. The value of U.S. exports to the U.A.E. in 2018, which reached $19.54 billion, continued to exceed outgoing American […]
U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council Holds Annual Board Meeting in Abu Dhabi
Leaders of key U.S. and and U.A.E. companies convened on Tuesday, February 19th at the Rosewood Abu Dhabi for the U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council’s Annual Board of Directors meeting. Led by Co-Chairmen H.E. Waleed Al Mokarrab Al Muhairi, Deputy Group CEO & CEO, Alternative Investments & Infrastructure, Mubadala Investment Company, and Mr. Marc Allen, President, Boeing […]
U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council Hosts Roundtable Discussion with Senior Officials from the U.S. Department of Defense
The U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council hosted Heidi Grant, Director of the Defense Technology Security Administration, and Jennifer Zakriski, Principal Director of OSD Middle East Policy, for a roundtable discussion with U.S. defense industry on the 18th of February in Abu Dhabi. Held in conjunction with the 2019 International Defense Exhibition and Conference (IDEX), the event provided […]
U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council Hosts IDEX Dinner in Honor of H.E. Mohammed bin Ahmed Al Bowardi, U.A.E. Minister of State for Defense Affairs
Left to Right: Mr. Danny Sebright, President, U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council; Mr. Marc Allen, President, Boeing International; H.E. Mohammed Al Bowardi, U.A.E. Minister of State for Defense Affairs; H.E. Waleed Al Muhairi, Deputy Group CEO, Mubadala Investment Company; Mr. Steven Bondy, Chargé d’Affaires, U.S. Embassy in Abu Dhabi The U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council welcomed over three hundred C-suite […]
U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council Engagement at Arab Health 2019 in Dubai
The U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council hosted senior Emirati healthcare officials this week on the margins of Arab Heath in Dubai for two exclusive roundtable discussions focused on the latest developments in the U.A.E.’s healthcare sector. First, on Tuesday, January 29th, the Business Council hosted His Excellency Dr. Amin Al Amiri, Assistant Undersecretary of Public Health Policy & Licensing at the U.A.E. Ministry of […]
Director of the Advocacy Center at the U.S. Department of Commerce visits Abu Dhabi and Dubai
On December 11th, Thomas Bruns, Regional Senior Commercial Officer for the Gulf, hosted a dinner in Abu Dhabi in honor of Stephen Renna, Director of the Advocacy Center, a unit of the Global Markets/Commercial Service Bureau of the U.S. Department of Commerce’s International Trade Administration. The dinner also included Steven Bondy, Chargé d’affaires at the U.S. […]
Pavilion USA 2020 Unveils Plans for the U.S. Pavilion at Expo 2020 Dubai
On November 27 and 28, 2018, Pavilion USA 2020, in partnership with the U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council, AmCham Abu Dhabi, and AmCham Dubai, launched a two-day ceremony in Dubai and Abu Dhabi to unveil the initial plans for the U.S. Pavilion building and its experiences, which will showcase the future of mobility under the theme: “What […]
U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council & U.A.E. Embassy in Washington Host U.A.E. Minister of State for AI
The U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council and the U.A.E. Embassy in Washington’s Trade and Commercial Office hosted a dinner on Wednesday November 14th in honor of a visiting delegation from the U.A.E. Prime Minister’s Office led by His Excellency Omar Sultan Al-Olama, U.A.E. Minister of State for Artificial Intelligence. The dinner, held at Café Milano, provided an […]
U.S. Trade Delegation Visits the U.A.E.
The U.S.-U.A.E. Business Council, the Trade and Commercial Office at the U.A.E. Embassy in Washington, D.C., and Etihad Airways co-hosted a reception on Sunday November 11th in Abu Dhabi in honor of a visiting trade delegation from the United States. The delegation, which was led by the State International Development Organizations (SIDO), consisted of international trade directors […]
