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Investment & Trade - By the Numbers

A powerful US-UAE partnership turning investment and trade into nationwide impact.

The UAE’s April 2025 announcement of a 10-year investment and economic framework with the US.

$
1.4
Committed
trillion

INVESTMENT TRACKER

TRADE MAP

US-UAE 2025 Bilateral Trade
$
39
.
0
billion
Total Trade

US-UAE bilateral trade increased 13.3% in 2025.

$
23
.
8
billion
US Trade Surplus

America's fourth largest trade surplus globally.

$
31
.
4
billion
US Exports

17 consecutive years as America's leading MENA export market.

205
.
9
thousand
US Jobs Supported

Exports to the UAE supported more than half a million US jobs between 2023/2025.

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How is the jobs supported figure calculated?‍

‍The number of US jobs supported by exports to the UAE is estimated using export data from the US Census Bureau and sector-specific employment multipliers from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).

The US jobs supported by exports figure is derived using export data from the US Census Bureau and sector-specific employment multipliers from the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) within the US Department of Commerce.