The United Arab Emirates and United States have a deep relationship that is anchored in robust bilateral trade and investment, and shared economic interests. In fact the UAE is already the US’ largest export market for US goods in the Middle East, with the value of US exports to the UAE totaling about $22.5 billion in 2012.
Building on this strong foundation, the UAE and US governments have partnered to form an Economic Policy Dialogue (EPD). The EPD serves as a platform to develop new initiatives that will strengthen the economic, trade and commercial relationship between the two countries.
The US government holds EPD meetings with its most important trading partners. In this regard, the UAE is a regional leader, whose policies promote political stability and economic growth, and have created one of the most open and innovative economies in the world.