ABU DHABI / WAM Abdullah Al Saleh, Under-Secretary of the Ministry of Economy for Foreign Trade Affairs, said that the value of non-oil trade between the UAE and Russia over the past five years amounted to $14.1 billion (AED 51.79 billion), while last year’s non-oil trade totalled $3.4 billion, compared to $2.5 billion in 2017, a growth of 36 percent. …

ABU DHABI / WAM Russian President Vladimir Putin sees the UAE as one of Russia’s very “close and promising partners,” saying that the partnership is “vigorously developing in all areas.” Putin will pay a historic state visit to the UAE on Tuesday. His last visit was in 2007. “It is safe to say that the United Arab Emirates greatly contribute …

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 …