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New programme to attract top 1,000 trading companies
Gulf Today
|November 21, 2025
'UAE Global Centre of Trade' programme is a strategic step to strengthen the UAE's position as a global gateway for goods and services
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His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has witnessed the launch of the “UAE Global Centre of Trade” programme, the new strategy from the Ministry of Foreign Trade that aims to cement the UAE's position as one of principal centres of international commerce.
The programme is a strategic step to strengthen the UAE's position as a global gateway for goods and services, accelerate national targets for foreign trade, and open new markets for UAE exports.
The launch was attended by His Highness Sheikh Mansour Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, and Chairman of the Presidential Court; Sheikh Maktoum Bin Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, First Deputy Ruler of Dubai, Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Finance; Lt. General Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of the Interior, and Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.
This story is from the November 21, 2025 edition of Gulf Today.
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