Staff Reporter
The United Arab Emirates has announced a substantial commitment to a 10-year investment framework totaling $1.4 trillion in the United States. This decision follows meetings between senior UAE officials and President Donald Trump earlier this week, according to a statement from a White House official on Friday.
This new investment initiative aims to “substantially increase the UAE’s existing investments in the U.S. economy,” focusing on areas such as artificial intelligence infrastructure, semiconductors, energy, and American manufacturing, the official told Reuters.
The agreement emerged from a meeting Trump held on Tuesday with UAE National Security Adviser Sheikh Tahnoon bin Zayed in the Oval Office, along with a dinner attended by Vice President JD Vance and several Cabinet members, which included leaders from major UAE sovereign wealth funds and corporations.
As part of the framework, the UAE investment fund ADQ, in partnership with U.S.-based Energy Capital Partners, has launched a $25 billion initiative dedicated to U.S. energy infrastructure and data centers.
Additionally, XRG, the international investment arm of the UAE state oil company ADNOC, has committed to enhancing U.S. natural gas production and exports by investing in the NextDecade liquefied natural gas export facility in Texas.
The companies plan further substantial investments in U.S. assets across sectors including gas, chemicals, energy infrastructure, and low-carbon solutions, the official noted.
