Valentina Pasquali

Washington

Covering econ relations btwn the Americas and the Middle East. Recovering Italian. Adopted American. With links to India and UAE. https://t.co/xmzq8HWQKT

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Articles

UAE property developers bank on huge order backlogs

1 week ago | agbi.com | Matt Smith |Valentina Pasquali

Analysis Real Estate Alamy/Aleksandar Tomic via Reuters Sustained momentum in sectorRevenue from off-plan salesHigh profits for next two yearsThe UAE’s largest property developers are likely to post rising profits in the coming quarters as under-construction projects reach new milestones.
IMF urges Egypt to move faster on asset sales to create jobs

1 week ago | msn.com | Valentina Pasquali

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Made in Saudi? Deal for Boeing F-15 parts still on the runway

1 week ago | agbi.com | Valentina Pasquali

Analysis Trade Parts needed for F-15EX fighter jetBoeing considers Saudi ArabiaEconomic benefits and challengesBoeing’s announcement that it may manufacture parts of one of its fighter jets in Saudi Arabia highlights deepening commitments between the kingdom and the US, as well as the challenges of turning them into reality.
Trump needs a good reason to walk the India-Gulf-Europe corridor

1 week ago | agbi.com | Valentina Pasquali

Analysis Trade Plan for pathways through Middle EastInitiatives have stalled since 2023‘You have to give economic value’ to USPresident Donald Trump may reinvigorate efforts to establish a diplomatic and economic pathway from Europe to India through the Middle East.
Syria says foreign partners vital to modernise telecoms

2 weeks ago | msn.com | Valentina Pasquali

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Skills shortage a concern for Saudi's big-ticket events

2 weeks ago | agbi.com | Valentina Pasquali

Tourism Giga-projects need expertiseUrgent skills gap growsEvents face staff shortageSaudi Arabia’s tourism and hospitality sector is suffering a skills shortage which it urgently needs to address before hosting some of the world’s biggest events, the CEO of one of the kingdom’s giga-project companies said. Of these events, perhaps the biggest is the 2034 World Cup.
Syria says foreign partners vital to modernise telecoms

2 weeks ago | agbi.com | Valentina Pasquali

Infrastructure Elke Scholiers/ZUMA Press Wire via Reuters International help with infrastructure Fibre-optic ‘backbone’ planned Lifting of sanctions opens market International partners will be vital to bringing Syria’s telecom infrastructure up to date after 14 years of civil war, according to the country’s interim minister for communication and information technology. “In wanting our people to actually make that leap in technology, in enabling them through technology and giving them the...
Qatar plans to double US investments

2 weeks ago | agbi.com | Valentina Pasquali

Trade QIA pledges $500bn over decadeStakes in 90 US companiesFund to buy ‘more than double’Qatar’s $526 billion sovereign wealth fund intends to more than double the value of its investments in the US over the next several years, CEO Mohammed Al-Sowaidi said this week.
The multi-trillion dollar deals agreed on Trump's trip

3 weeks ago | agbi.com | Valentina Pasquali

Analysis Finance Deals add up to $2.5 trillion Artificial intelligence in spotlight Aviation, defence and energy During his trip to the Gulf region from May 13 to 16, US president Donald Trump visited Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE and announced a series of deals across a number of sectors, which, according to the White House, added up to nearly $2.5 trillion. Saudi Arabia’s newly-established AI developer Humain said it partnered with Nvidia to build “AI factories” in the kingdom that will...
Trump's Gulf visit was grand - but the real test starts now

3 weeks ago | agbi.com | Valentina Pasquali

Opinion Trade Pledges and deals may change when reality hits Donald Trump’s trip to the Gulf has been notable for its economic fireworks and political theatre. However, its long term impact will only emerge once Airforce One has landed back home and the cut and thrust of domestic US politics has resumed.