The UAE is a source of stability, tolerance, innovation, and growth in the Arabian Gulf and around the globe. The UAE and United States are reliable allies, with shared security and economic interests:
- Enhancing stability and security in the Arabian Gulf and the broader Middle East
- Ensuring reliable energy supplies to world markets
- Encouraging global free trade and investment
- Confronting terrorism and extremism in the region and the world
Long Term Economic Partners
With one of the most open and innovative economies in the world, the UAE is a dependable and substantial economic partner with the United States.
- The UAE is the United States’ largest export market in the Arab World, purchasing $14.4 billion in US goods in 2008.
- US companies have played major roles in the development of UAE energy resources, which represent about 10 percent of global oil reserves.
- The UAE is the only oil producer in the Gulf to maintain private-sector participation in the oil industry.
- More than 750 US firms have a presence in the UAE, from Bechtel and ExxonMobil to Starbucks and Cold Stone Creamery.
- UAE investment has been a dependable and long-term engine of growth for the US economy, injecting capital, expanding market access, creating jobs and contributing to mutual prosperity.
An Expanding Relationship
Relations between the UAE and the United States are growing, especially in the social and cultural sectors.
- US institutions, including Harvard University, New York University, Michigan State University and the Guggenheim Museum, are working closely with a range of educational and cultural organizations in the UAE, establishing a number of new institutions.
- In various ways, Johns Hopkins, the Cleveland Clinic and the Mayo Clinic are each contributing to the delivery of health care services and facilities in the UAE.
- The UAE provided $100 million to the United States in the days following Hurricane Katrina.
Joint Diplomacy to Address Difficult Challenges
The UAE works constructively with a range of international entities to find peaceful solutions in the region.
- Alone and in concert with the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), the UAE has called for a nuclear weapon-free Gulf and has appealed directly to Iran on this issue.
- With the GCC, the UAE supports a peaceful, two-state resolution in Palestine.
- The UAE welcomes the commitment by the United States to ensure the territorial integrity of Iraq, and to deliver a successful, fair and inclusive political process that engages all Iraqi communities and guarantees the stability of the country.
Confronting Terrorism and Extremism
The UAE fights terrorism and extremism in the region and beyond. Cooperation with the United States includes a range of defense and intelligence initiatives.
- The UAE has contributed militarily and financially to a range of international stability initiatives.
- More US naval vessels-over 600 in 2006-visit UAE ports than any other port outside the United States.
- Significant shared law enforcement cooperation helps control illegal money flows and monitor sensitive shipments.
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