Bloomberg President Donald Trump signalled his intention to impose tariffs on $50 billion in Chinese imports and curbs on investments in sensitive technology, sending a hawkish message to Beijing days before the latest round of trade talks between the world’s two largest economies. In a statement on Tuesday, the White House said a final list of covered imports will be ...

Bloomberg Energy ministers from Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Kuwait plan to meet on Saturday to discuss OPEC matters, about a week after the Saudis and Russia announced a new policy to revive oil production. Saudi Energy Minister Khalid Al-Falih will meet with Kuwait’s Bakheet Al-Rashidi and the UAE’s Suhail Al Mazrouei — also the holder of OPEC’s ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Abu Dhabi City Municipality (ADM) has completed the e-link project with Abu Dhabi Judicial Department under which official transactions will be based on a centralised digital system for both parties. The Electronic Records & Archiving Team at ADM visited the Judicial Department — Abu Dhabi, and Abu Dhabi General Services Company (Musanada), to discuss the implementation ...

DUBAI / WAM Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (Dewa) witnessed the signing of MoU with three start-ups to work with them in 4th Dubai Future Accelerators Programme. It is organised by Dubai Future Founda- tion, with theme ‘One Team Co-Creating the Future.’ It aims to strengthen the UAE’s position, enhance its role ...

Bloomberg Emirates NBD partnered with Diebold Nixdorf, a world leader in driving connected commerce, to soon launch Emirates NBD EasyHub, the region’s first integrated digital kiosk that will allow customers to sign up for new products and access a variety of teller services, functioning like a mini-branch that is open beyond normal banking hours and all days of the week. ...

DUBAI / WAM Emirates Islamic announced the launch of a personalised banking experience for its UAE national customers. For new salaried accounts, the bank is welcoming UAE nationals with a bonus of up to AED 3,000 and much more. Emirati customers looking to buy a car will benefit from spe-cial pricing as low as 1.99% during Ramadan, coupled with approvals ...

ABU DHABI / WAM The number of hotel guests staying in the emirate’s 162 hotels and hotel apartments increased by 7.3% in the 1st four months of 2018, compared to the same period last year, figures released by the Department of Culture and Tourism — Abu Dhabi (DCT Abu Dhabi) reveal. The total number of hotel guests, which reached 1,724,967, ...

DUBAI / WAM The Integrated Transport Center (ITC) in Abu Dhabi signed an agreement with Careem Transport Network Company. The company uses technology to facilitate its customer’s mobility. ITC was represented by Mohammed Darwish Al Qamzi, General Manager, ITC, and Bassel Al Nahlaoui, Managing Director of the Gulf Region of Careem. The press conference took place in DoT HQ in ...

OTTAWA / WAM His Highness Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, met Chrystia Freeland, Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs, in Ottawa, Canada. During the meeting, the two sides discussed bilateral relations between the UAE and Canada and ways of enhancing and developing them in all domains. They also exchanged views on the latest ...

OTTAWA / WAM UAE citizens will be able to visit Canada without entry visas from June 5. The announcement came during a meeting between HH Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and Canada’s Minister of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship, Ahmed Hussen, in Ottawa. Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed praised the decision, adding that this ...