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Bloomberg President Donald Trump said the partial US-China trade deal may lead to as much as $20 billion in sales of Boeing Co. airplanes, in addition to spurring billions of dollars in purchases of agricultural goods. “Other aspects of the deal are also great — technology, financial services, 16-20 Billion in Boeing Planes etc,” Trump tweeted without any specifics about ...

Dubai / WAM Dubai Customs on Sunday launched the World Logistics Passport, as part of the first phase of the Dubai Silk Road strategy, to help boost the role of the Dubai Silk Road and expand demand for Dubai’s products, services and integrated transportation systems. The unique initiative will also further augment the growing role played by Dubai Customs in ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Obaid Rashid Al Hassan Al Shamsi, Director-General of the National Emergency and Crisis and Disasters Management Authority (NCEMA), stated that the UAE is playing a key role in providing aid and supporting victims of humanitarian crises. In his speech marking the International Day of Disaster Reduction on 13th October, Al Shamsi said that the UAE’s humanitarian ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM The Abu Dhabi Judicial Department (ADJD), launched a platform to issue interactive digital judgments, the first-of-its-kind in the world to use the latest technology in judicial systems, allowing interactive judgments to be issued with special characteristics and advantages that help litigants understand and proceed with judgments, and will be translated into five languages. Yousef Saeed Al-Abri, ...

Dubai / WAM The UAE Cabinet has approved a policy to enhance the country’s position as a global hub for gold and jewelry trade, along with initiatives and tools to support its implementation. The aim of the new policy is to enhance the competitiveness of the UAE in the gold markets regionally and globally while maintaining its position on the ...

Abu Dhabi / WAM Sixty percent of the work on the Razeen Labour Cities External Road and Infrastructure Construction Project at Al Wathba South has been completed, and work is progressing according to plan, according to the Abu Dhabi General Services Company (Musanada). The ZonesCorp project, being constructed at a cost of approximately AED314.25mn, employs some 946 workers across 13 ...

Dubai / WAM The world’s watch industry is set to converge on Dubai for the fourth edition of Dubai Watch Week, the global event celebrating the art of horology, scheduled to take place from November 20-24. The biennial platform, dedicated to uniting and growing the global watch community for the preservation and transmission of horological knowledge, is set to unveil ...

Dubai / Emirates Business Dubai Airport Freezone Authority (Dafza) has further established itself as a global facilitator for business growth and prosperity and a vital engine for Dubai’s economy following the announcement of its half year results for 2019. Dafza’s contribution to Dubai’s foreign trade reached 12% in the first half of the year, confirming the success of its plans ...

Aden / WAM The UAE has launched a relief campaign for internally displaced people camps in Aden governorate as part of its emergency response campaign in the liberated Yemeni governorates. Around 1,400 displaced people across 14 different districts in Aden received the food aid, as part of the ERC efforts to improve living conditions in Yemen. During the last week, ...

DUBAI / WAM The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA), announced the launch of its digital radio on the Internet. TRA Digital Radio is an effective means by which the public can learn about the most important news, reports and services of TRA, as well as latest developments of the ICT sector. TRA digital radio is a new window through which TRA ...