DUBAI / WAM The UAE is the biggest trade partner of Hong Kong in the Middle East, as the value of the non-oil trade exchange between the two countries accounted for $8.9 billion in 2017, with 5.1 percent annual growth compared to 2016, Juma Al Keet, Assistant Under-Secretary for Foreign Trade Affairs at the UAE Ministry of Economy (MoE) said ...

ABU DHABI / WAM Matar Salim Ali Al Dhaheri, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Defence, on Tuesday received Lt General Sir John Lorimer, UK’s Defence Senior Adviser on the Middle East, and his accompanying delegation. Al Dhaheri welcomed Lt General Lorimer and praised the relations between the UAE and UK which he said are witnessing great development across various sectors. ...

LONDON / WAM UAE-linked Petrofac, a leading international service provider to the oil and gas production and processing industry, has secured new orders worth $1.8 billion in the first half of 2018, according to an update released to the London Stock Exchange on Tuesday. “We are trading in line with expectations, delivering best-in-class project execution, continued momentum in new orders ...