GENEVA / WAM Qatar has decided to withdraw its measures against the UAE in a significant concession aimed at averting the consequences of the UAE’s case in WTO against an illegal Qatari ban on UAE goods and services. During a session of the Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) of the WTO, on Saturday, to examine the UAE’s request to set up …

Bloomberg Oil is on its longest bull run in 13 years. Hedge funds have increased bullish sentiment on US crude prices for the last nine weeks, the longest such run since 2006, according to data. Almost 14 times as many bets have been placed on prices going up as on a decline, as investors see supply threats multiplying around the …

London / WAM The volume of foreign trade in non-oil goods between the UAE and the UK was estimated at approximately 9 billion pounds (AED 42.69 billion) in 2018, recording a growth rate of 10 percent over the previous year, according to a senior UAE official. Mohammed Bin Abdul Aziz Al Shehhi, Undersecretary of Economic Affairs in the Ministry of …