Business in the United Arab Emirates

The objectives of the subject “International Trade and Business in the United Arab Emirates (UAE)” are the following:

1. To analyze the Emirati Economy and Foreign Trade;
2. To know the business opportunities in the United Arab Emirates;
3. To explore the Emirati trade relations with the country of the student;
4. To know the Emirati Trade Agreements;
5. To examine the profile of Emirati businesspeople and companies;
6. To know the Emirati development funds;
7. To develop a business plan for the Emirati market.

The Subject “Foreign Trade and Business in the United Arab Emirates” belongs to the following Online Higher Educational Programs taught by EENI Global Business School:

Doctorate: Islamic Business, World Trade.

Masters: International Business, Foreign Trade.

ماجسـتير تنفيذي في التجارة الخارجية ،التسويق الدولي والتدويل

Learning materials in (or Emirats Emiratos).

1. Credits of the subject “Foreign Trade and Business in the United Arab Emirates”: 2 ;
2. Duration: two weeks.

Transport and Logistics in United Arab Emirates. Access to the:

1. India-Chabahar (Iran)-Afghanistan Corridor;
2. Kyrgyzstan-Iran Corridor (KTAI-ECO);
3. China-Pakistan Corridor.

Emirati Preferential Access and Free Trade Agreements:

1. The United Arab Emirates and the Arab Economic Area;
2. Cooperation Council for the Arab States of the Gulf (GCC)
   1. India-United Arab Emirates (GCC) Agreement;
   2. European Union-United Arab Emirates (GCC) Agreement;
   3. Australia-Gulf Cooperation Council (FTA);
   4. European Free Trade Association-GCC;
   5. Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC)-Singapore Free Trade Agreement.
3. Indian-Ocean Rim Association (IORA);
4. Islamic Trade Preferential System (TPS-OIC);
5. Free Trade Agreements with India and the European Union (EU);
6. Morocco-United Arab Emirates Free Trade Agreement;
7. Greater Arab Free-Trade Area (GAFTA).

1. WTO
   1. Agreement on Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures;
   2. WTO General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS);
   3. Agreement on Technical Barriers to Trade;
   4. Agreement on Preshipment Inspection;
   5. Agreement on Safeguards;
   6. Trade Facilitation Agreement.
2. WCO
   1. Revised Kyoto Convention.
3. International Road Transport Union (IRU)
   1. TIR Convention;
   2. Guidelines on Safe Load Securing for Road Transport.
4. International Maritime Organization (IMO)
   1. Convention for Safe Containers;
   2. Istanbul Convention.
5. Customs Convention on Containers (CCC, UN) - not a member.

Islamic Organizations:

1. Islamic Development Bank (IsDB);
2. ESCWA;
3. Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC)
   1. Committee for Economic Cooperation (OIC-COMCEC);
   2. Islamic Chamber of Commerce and Industry (ICCI);
   3. Islamic Centre for Development of Trade (ICDT);
   4. Statistical, Economic and Social Centre for Islamic Countries (SESRIC).
4. Arab League (LAS);
5. Summit of South American-Arab Countries;
6. Asia-Middle East Dialogue;
7. Arab Trade Financing Programme (ATFP);
8. Arab Development Funds;
9. Afro-Arab Cooperation;
10. BADEA;
11. Arab Gulf Programme for United Nations Development Organizations (AGFUND).

Global Organizations:

1. Asia Cooperation Dialogue;
2. UN
   1. UNCTAD;
   2. ITC;
   3. WIPO.
3. WB;
4. WTO;
5. IMF.

The United Arab Emirates.

1. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is a constitutional federation of seven emirates; Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah, Ajman, Umm al-Qaiwain, Ras al-Khaimah and Fujairah;
2. The United Arab Emirates federation was formally established in 1971;
3. Emirati population: 5.8 million people;
4. Emirati Currency: Dirham;
5. The United Arab Emirates is an elective and Presidential Federal Constitutional Monarchy;
6. Capital of the United Arab Emirates: Abu Dhabi;
7. Largest city of the United Arab Emirates: Dubai;
8. Area of the United Arab Emirates: 83,600 square kilometers;
9. Independence of the United Arab Emirates: 1971 (from the United Kingdom);
10. Official language of the United Arab Emirates: Arabic;
11. Borders of the United Arab Emirates: Oman and Saudi Arabia.
    1. Maritime borders with Iran and Qatar.

Religion in the United Arab Emirates:

1. Sunni Islam;
2. Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence): Maliki.

The United Arab Emirates belongs to the Arab Economic Area (Islamic Civilization).

The economy of the United Arab Emirates is 62.8% free (63rd freest economy in the World - Heritage Foundation).

1. The United Arab Emirates is a Frontier Market;
2. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) ranks seventh in the Middle East/North Africa region (MENA);
3. Notwithstanding the effects of the global financial crisis, the economy of the United Arab Emirates remains robust, protected by significant foreign financial assets obtained in the age of high petroleum revenues;
4. Petroleum revenue of the United Arab Emirates represents a small proportion of the GDP;
5. The logistics sector of the United Arab Emirates represents 10% of the non-petroleum gross domestic product;
6. The Port of Dubai are the third largest re-export hub (after Hong Kong and Singapore);
7. The main economic sectors of Dubai are tourism, services (Information Technology, international logistics, and international finance)
   1. New Dubai International Financial Centre.
8. The currency of the Emirates: UAE dirham (AED).

International Trade of United Arab Emirates.

As the leading regional international hub, the Emirate of Dubai offers access to a regional and local market of exceptional business potential for foreign companies:

1. A large market: 17 billion dollars in imports annually;
2. A growing market: imports of Dubai have duplicate since 1989;
3. A strategic location at the heart of one of the richest regions in the World, linked by 170 shipping lines and 86 airlines;
4. A diversified market: business opportunities for products and services exporters;
5. Dubai is an open market without exchange controls, quotas or international trade barriers.

Dubai presents huge business opportunities for the international trade, transport and regional distribution, manufacturing, and regional branch.

EENI delivers to HRH Prince Alwaleed bin Talal a Master Honoris Causa.

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