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Equinor signs $27 bn gas deal

The 10-year contract was signed with Centrica.

ADNOC Drilling secures $1.15bn contract

The contract for two jack-up rigs begins in the second quarter.

Etihad Q1 profit $187 million

This is a 30% YoY increase over Q1 2025.

Yalla Group Q1 revenue $83m

Net income rose to $36.4 million, a 17% YoY increase.

Qatar Airways annual profit $2bn

This was a record 28% jump in annual net profit.

UAE, China eye $200bn bilateral trade by 2030

Both countries expect the bilateral trade to reach $200 billion by 2030.
  • It re-exports more than 60 percent of Chinese exports to the region, where the value of trade exchange between the two countries has exceeded $70 billion.
  • Ali Obaid Al Dhaheri, UAE Ambassador to China, said early this month that UAE and China ties were a "successful model" for international bilateral relations.

Dubai, UAE—Ali Obaid Al Dhaheri, UAE Ambassador to China, said early this month that UAE and China ties were a “successful model” for international bilateral relations. He indicated that as one of the first countries to join the Belt and Road Initiative, the UAE has become the main logistical centre in the Middle East and North Africa. It re-exports more than 60 percent of Chinese exports to the region, where the value of trade exchange between the two countries has exceeded $70 billion. Both countries hope to increase the trade to $200 billion by 2030. TRENDS takes a look at the major commodities exchanged between the two countries: