G42-Microsoft partnership in Kenya 'just the beginning,' says UAE trade minister

WASHINGTON — On his visit to Washington this week, Dr. Thani Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, UAE minister of state for foreign trade, is looking to expand the already robust trade ties between the countries and to build on the more than 1,500 American companies operating in the UAE.

Zeyoudi is leading a large delegation from the UAE that has come to attend the SelectUSA Investment conference in Washington. 

The visit comes as UAE-US trade and investment ties continue to flourish. Earlier in June, Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the UAE national security advisor and influential brother of the country’s president, met with US officials and tech executives as he sought to push a reset of economic and security ties between the two countries. 

The UAE’s non-oil trade has been key to its burgeoning economy and trade relations with the United States.