UAE Weekly Business News 04/07/21

Welcome to Gateway's 43rd weekly roundup of business headlines in the UAE. This resource aims to help you quickly and conveniently keep in touch with business in Abu Dhabi and Dubai.
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UAE trade licence-related headlines
CBUAE issues guidance on anti-money laundering, combatting terrorism for licenced financial institutions (WAM 29/06/2021)
Visa-related headlines
Work permits for Golden Residency holders launched (WAM 01/07/2021)
Bilateral trade-related headlines
Azerbaijani President receives UAE Minister of Economy, underlines depth of UAE-Azerbaijan relations (WAM 27/06/2021)
UAE Ambassador, Spanish State Secretary for Foreign Affairs explore boosting cooperation (WAM 27/06/2021)
Brazilian Minister of Defence discuss bilateral relations (WAM 28/06/2021)
UAE is Egypt’s largest trade partner in Middle East (WAM 28/06/2021)
Italy seeks to boost UAE’s dental industry infrastructure, practices (Khaleej Times 29/06/2021)
Israel-UAE trade stands at $675.22m (WAM 30/06/2021)
Emirati-Brazilian Parliamentary Friendship Committee holds virtual meeting with Brazilian counterpart (WAM 30/06/2021)
UAE and France discuss bilateral relations at key summit (The National 30/06/2021)
UK expertise and investment can help drive GCC’s transition to renewable energy (The National 30/06/2021)
UAE, Austria sign agreement to avoid double taxation (WAM 01/07/2021)
Department of Health - Abu Dhabi, Clalit Health Services of Israel sign MoU to increase cooperation in healthcare sector (WAM 03/07/2021)
UAE economy-related headlines
UAE government partners with LinkedIn on skills programme for Emirati women (The National 27/06/2021)
UAE to enter 25 new markets for foreign trade in bid to boost exports by 50% (The National 27/06/2021)
Deliveroo opens its largest 'dark kitchen' in the world on Hessa Street, Dubai (The National 27/06/2021)
Etihad Rail: inside the UAE railway network's nerve centre (The National 27/06/2021)
Climate change is making UAE hotter – a trend that will continue (The National 27/06/2021)
Mohammed bin Rashid reviews Ministry of Economy’s programmes, launches new economic growth initiatives (WAM 28/06/2021)
UAE's re-export trade amounted to AED467.5bn in 2020 (WAM 28/06/2021)
'Our goal is to leverage Dubai as the first economy capital in the world': Mohammed bin Rashid (WAM 29/06/2021)
Theyab bin Mohamed bin Zayed inaugurates track-laying works from Seih Shuaib to Abu Dhabi and Dubai (WAM 29/06/2021)
Jafza redefines infrastructure in free zone by completing projects worth AED2.484 billion (WAM 29/06/2021)
Dubai poised for rapid contactless economy growth (WAM 29/06/2021)
World's biggest vertical farming R&D centre breaks ground in Abu Dhabi (The National 29/06/2021)
UAE Central Bank issues guidance to lenders working with property and precious metals dealers (The National 29/06/2021)
Etihad Rail: what is the region's biggest train project - and where does it go? (The National 29/06/2021)
UAE doctors urge mass production of 'FFP3' face mask that cuts Covid-19 Delta variant risk (The National 29/06/2021)
Tadweer registers remarkable achievements in 2020 (WAM 30/06/2021)
Etisalat to explore development of 6G amid communications boom (The National 30/06/2021)
UAE ranks fifth in global cybersecurity index (The National 30/06/2021)
Inside Deliveroo's huge 'dark kitchen' in Dubai (The National 30/06/2021)
AED4.5bn of weeklong real estate transactions in Dubai (WAM 01/07/2021)
Dubai is second most popular global city for digital nomads (The National 01/07/2021)
Watch: inside the UAE's only shrimp farm (The National 01/07/2021)
Dubai aims to be a global digital economy hub (Khaleej Times 01/07/2021)
Abu Dhabi launches new contact tracing system (The National 02/07/2021)
Mohammed bin Rashid's economic initiatives a qualitative shift towards better economic ecosystem (WAM 03/07/2021)
UAE’s liberalisation policy will continue to attract FDI to region (Khaleej Times 03/07/2021)
Middle East millionaires wealth grows 10.7% at AED11.7tn in 2020 (Khaleej Times 03/07/2021)
Dubai's property values buoyed by rising villa sales in Q2 (The National 03/07/2021)
Coronavirus: 63.7% 'fully vaccinated' in the UAE (WAM 04/07/2021)
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