Bloomberg China said parts of the text for the first phase of a trade deal with the US are “basically completed” as the two sides reached a consensus in areas including standards used by agricultural regulators. The Saturday comments followed a call with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He, US Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin. The trade ...

DUBAI / WAM Mariam Almheiri, UAE Minister of State for Food Security, has undertaken an official two-day visit to the United Kingdom, where she held a number of meetings with government ministers, officials and representatives of prominent food research centres, universities and companies, to explore bilateral cooperation in the areas of food trade, investment and scientific research. Speaking about her ...

LONDON / WAM The National Media Council (NMC) Director-General, Mansour Al Mansouri, noted UAE’s journey and impact of tech revolution during nation’s growth, at One Young World Summit in London. In a session titled, ‘The New Age of Conversation’, Al Mansouri said, “In UAE, tech revolution has developed in parallel with growth of our own nation,” highlighting future of communications ...