Trump visit: Successes and failures of the Golf-Arab states
Trump visit: Successes and failures of the Golf-Arab states
Abu Dhabi, VAE-US President Donald Trump has just completed a magnificent tour of the Golfarabic countries, in which each of the three energy-rich nations he visited presented a long wish list. While these countries made some great profits from the visit, they remained behind their expectations in other areas.
Desire of Saudi Arabia: A formalized security contract
Saudi Arabia strived for a formalized security deal with the USA. Although this has not been achieved, experts say that Saudi Arabia has come much closer to this goal. "Saudi Arabia may not have received a formalized security contract, but there was a lot of discussions about it ... This could rather have been a continuation of the process than its culmination," said Dina Esfandiary, an expert for the Middle East at Bloomberg Economics. Washington could possibly be less enthusiastic about the arrangement than Riyadh.
Last year, the two nations came close to the conclusion of a pioneering defense and trade agreement, but the deal stalled due to Saudi Arabia's demand that Israel committed itself to a path towards Palestinian statehood. Nevertheless, during Trump's visit, Riyadh got some weapons sales that could pave the way for a broader agreement.During a solemn signature ceremony in the Royal Palace of Riyadh signed Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, among other things, declarations of intent and agreements that included various government agencies. Saudi-Arabia also committed to $ 600 billion Investments from the USA, including a comprehensive defense partnership worth almost $ 142 billion, which white house Defense sales in history.
An important point, however, remained unfulfilled: US cooperation on a civilian nuclear program that the kingdom had sought. This program was blocked due to the Saudi demand for its own uranium enrichment, which raised concerns about the nuclear weapons spread in the USA and Israel.
First official state visit to the USA in Qatar
Qatar received his first official state visit from a US president this week. The last visit to a reigning US manager took place in 2003 when former President George W. Bush visited the Central Command headquarters. The Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, expressed that the talks with Trump will "bring new impetus to the existing strategic cooperation between our two countries in different areas" on this trip.
During Trump's visit, the two nations signed numerous contracts, including an agreement worth $ 96 billion for Qatar to acquire up to 210 American Boeing aircraft, as from a fact sheet of the White house emerges. Trump also accepted a Boeing 747-8 aircraft from the Qataris, which is initially to be used as Air Force One. Despite the accused ethical and legal controversy, the American president accepted the massive aircraft.
In a Interview with CNN Abdulrahman am Jassim Al-Thani back the criticism. "Why should we buy influence in the United States?" He asked and emphasized that Qatar has always been a reliable partner for the USA in the past ten years.
Doha may have won the most through the security guarantees that Trump gave. The United States assured that "protecting this country", also in view of the threats from the nearby Iran.
an AI megak complex in the VAE
The main goal of the VAE during Trump's visit was to receive deeper investments in AI and technology. Although they achieved success in this regard, the visit was behind the real wishes Abud Dhabi: the unhindered access to progressive American microchips. During Trump's stay, partnerships for the construction of a huge data centers in Abu Dhabi to promote the AI skills were announced, which should have a capacity of 5 gigawatts-enough to supply a large city.
The VAE hope to become a world market leader in the field of AI by 2031, but need American chips. Under the bid administration, the export restrictions for AI were tightened in order to keep advanced technologies from the hands of foreign opponents such as China. However, it is expected that these chips could soon be available for the VAE.
Trump said on Friday that both countries agreed to create a “path” for the Gulf State to buy some of the most advanced AI haul ladder from the USA. "Similar to the other two countries, this visit was also a win," said Esfandialy. "They signed a lot of contracts and received a lot of attention," she added, emphasizing the conviction in the VAE about the relationship with the USA.
cnns Becky Anderson, Betsy Klein, Alejandra Jaramillo, Kit Maher and Mostafa Salem contributed to this report.
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