UAE Weekly News Roundup 29/11/20
Updated: Sep 1
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UAE Weekly Business News, Issue 12. 29th November 2020.
Trade License-related headlines
New decree overhauling foreign ownership rules of commercial companies in UAE opens up local (WAM 24/11/2020)
Dubai Economy issues 32,158 new licences during first 10 months of 2020 (WAM 24/11/2020)
UAE bilateral trade relationship headlines
UAE, Indonesia discuss ways to enhance relations, strategic partnerships (WAM 24/11/2020)
SCCI boosts economic and investment relations with China (WAM 24/11/2020)
UAE, UK join hands to boost trade ties, export credit opportunities (WAM 24/11/2020)
Abdullah bin Zayed, Slovak foreign minister discuss advancing ties (WAM 24/11/2020)
UAE and Netherlands discuss food and water security ahead of Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week 2021 (WAM 26/11/2020)
UAE, Curaçao sign air services agreements (WAM 26/11/2020)
Dubai, Portugal have huge potential to expand (Khaleej Times 26/11/2020)
India to increase share of organic Basmati rice exports to UAE (WAM 27/11/2020)
UAE economy-related news headlines
Expanding golden residency quantum leap towards economic growth, sustainable development (WAM 23/11/2020)
UAE allows full foreign ownership of commercial companies (WAM 23/11/2020)
ADDED launches ‘TAHAQAQ’ verification service to provide information about licensed (WAM 23/11/2020)
Statistics Centre-Abu Dhabi launches the 2020 Labour Force Survey (WAM 23/11/2020)
Latest oil discoveries in Abu Dhabi will drive economic growth in UAE (WAM 23/11/2020)
DCT Abu Dhabi launches ‘Register of Cultural Organisations and Professionals’ (WAM 23/11/2020)
UAE allows full foreign ownership of commercial companies (WAM 23/11/2020)
How Gulf countries can evolve their economies over the coming decades (The National 23/11/2020)
Ministry of Economy develops strategic plan to strengthen UAE’s anti-money laundering efforts (WAM 24/11/2020)
New Zealand leads Covid-19 resilience rankings with UAE in top 20 (The National 24/11/2020)
UAE healthcare sector set for post-Covid revenue boost (Khaleej Times 24/11/2020)
Tadweer opens organic waste composting unit in Abu Dhabi (WAM 25/11/2020)
80% off customs fines to ease burden on businesses amid pandemic (WAM 25/11/2020)
UAE has met all Economic Substance Regulations requirements (WAM 25/11/2020)
Coronavirus: Abu Dhabi to axe 14-day quarantine for vaccinated airline passengers (The National 25/11/2020)
Mideast airlines will lose $7b this year (Gulf News 25/11/2020)
Mena’s renewables investment to hit $97 billion in five years (Khaleej Times 25/11/2020)
Ministry of Climate Change highlights UAE’s achievements, future outlook in agriculture, environmental (WAM 26/11/2020)
AED 3.9 bn of weekly real estate transactions in Dubai (WAM 26/11/2020)
Why tapping into renewable drinking water is the next logical step for the UAE (The National 26/11/2020)
UAE a gold mine of opportunity (Khaleej Times 26/11/2020)
How knowledge-based human capital can drive UAE’s diversification efforts (The National 27/11/2020)
583 companies engaged in dairy production, industry in Dubai (WAM 28/11/2020)
Dubai signals accelerating pace of recovery with 24.5% rise in customs transactions in first nine months of 2020 (WAM 28/11/2020)
4th phase of Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Solar Park will have the largest energy storage capacity in the world (WAM 28/11/2020)
Smart Dubai to start using facial recognition to authenticate payments (The National 29/11/2020)
Adnoc documentary shows the UAE's swift response to the pandemic (The National 29/11/2020)
Islamic banking gains prominence in the UAE (Gulf News 29/11/2020)
UAE's media buying could do with some re-inventing (Gulf News 29/11/2020)
Abu Dhabi, Dubai among best cities for expats... here is why (Khaleej Times 29/11/2020)
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Written by Jenny Hunt
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