He also highlighted their economic similarities, such as their expertise in commerce, investment and economic development, which will make the committee a vital platform for developing plans, strategies and initiatives that will support their efforts to achieve development and prosperity. There are many facts and economic and commercial indicators that support the cooperative efforts of the two countries, most notably that the percentage of their combined real GDP is expected to exceed 46 percent of the real GDP of Arab countries between 2017 and 2018, compared to a 41 percent average for the previous period between 2000 and 2016, which is highlighted by a report from the Arab Investment and Export Credit Guarantee Corporation, Dhaman. The UAE and Saudi Arabia also control almost 53 percent of the total foreign trade of Arab countries in terms of goods and services,” Al Mansouri explained.
Saudi Arabia is fourth internationally as the UAE’s leading trading partner, with the total value of their non-oil commercial exchange being around US$19.






