{"id":90236,"date":"2024-03-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/busy-morning\/"},"modified":"2024-03-20T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-20T00:00:00","slug":"busy-morning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/uae\/2024\/03\/20\/busy-morning\/","title":{"rendered":"Busy morning"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>It\u2019s a busy morning for the UAE in the foreign press<\/strong>, with everything from climate issues to the national clampdown on money laundering making the rounds \u2014 as well as reports that the UAE is vying for an EU trade pact separate from the GCC. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>#1-<\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/uae-seeks-bilateral-eu-trade-talks-with-gcc-negotiations-impasse-sources-say-2024-03-19\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a><\/strong><strong> cited<\/strong><strong> informed sources as saying that the UAE is nudging the EU towards a <\/strong><strong>bilateral trade pact \u201cseparate from an Arab bloc,\u201d<\/strong> due to slow trade negotiations between the Union and the GCC \u2014 reports which the wire service says an unnamed Emirati official has denied. A few of the sources said there has yet to be an official proposal from the UAE.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>#2- Russia\u2019s access to the global banking system via Gulf and European banks is<\/strong><strong> shrinking due to increased scrutiny and sanctions<\/strong>, <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/finance\/banking\/russias-backdoor-to-the-global-banking-system-is-slamming-shut-49bf5c53\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a> reports. Dubai\u2019s government-owned Emirates NBD has significantly reduced its Russia-related business, including shutting down accounts held by Russian oligarchs and traders of Russian oil. <\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>ICYMI-<\/strong> The UAE was officially marked off the Financial Action Task Force\u2019s \u201cgraylist\u201d <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/enterprise.news\/uae\/en\/news\/story\/39b67ed5-4b27-49ae-8191-f828f2a8e87c\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">last month<\/a> after the UAE successfully cracked down on anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing \u201cdeficiencies.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>#3-<\/strong><strong>Plans for a new vertical farm facility in Dubai\u2019s Food Tech Valley<\/strong><strong> got the spotlight <\/strong><strong>in<font face=\"Arial\">&nbsp;<\/font><\/strong><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/arabic.cnn.com\/travel\/article\/2024\/03\/19\/dubai-gigafarm-biggest-vertical-farm-climate\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN Arabic<\/a><\/strong>, in a piece that explores the challenges and interests behind the zero-waste food security initiative <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.refarmtheworld.com\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">ReFarm<\/a>\u2019s decision to launch the vertical farm by 2026. The facility, dubbed GigaFarm, will power technology provided by Scottish company <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.intelligentgrowthsolutions.com\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">IGS<\/a> to transform waste into agricultural products, and produce up to 3 mn kg of food annually.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1.15;orphans:2;widows:2;text-align:left\"><strong>ALSO GETTING INK-<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Dubai Airports boss gives two cents on global travel:<\/strong> Heathrow Airport is no longer a \u201cglobal transport hub,\u201d due to capacity shortages and prolonged debates over the development of a third runway, Dubai Airports CEO Paul Griffiths said, according to <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/business\/2024\/03\/18\/heathrow-lost-status-global-transport-hub-dubai-airport-ceo\/\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">The Telegraph<\/a>. Griffiths also criticized the West's emphasis on the environmental impact of travel, and how that is hindering their development compared to competitors abroad.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2024\/03\/18\/united-arab-emirates-is-using-cloud-seeding-tech-to-make-it-rain.html\" style=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">CNBC<\/a><\/strong><strong> looks<\/strong><strong> into how the UAE aims to address its water <\/strong><strong>scarcity issue with cloud seeding<\/strong>, a weather modification technique to increase rainfall. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Is the UAE vying for a UAE-EU trade pact?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":90237,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"newspack_ads_suppress_ads":false,"newspack_popups_has_disabled_popups":false,"newspack_sponsor_sponsorship_scope":"","newspack_sponsor_native_byline_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_native_category_display":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_style":"inherit","newspack_sponsor_underwriter_placement":"inherit","ep_exclude_from_search":false,"_primary_brand":0,"newspack_featured_image_position":"","newspack_post_subtitle":"","newspack_article_summary_title":"Overview:","newspack_article_summary":"","newspack_hide_updated_date":false,"newspack_show_updated_date":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1551],"tags":[456,1334,41],"brand":[],"newspack_spnsrs_tax":[],"class_list":["post-90236","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uae-in-the-news","tag-dubai-airports","tag-trade","tag-uae-in-the-news","wpautop","entry"],"acf":{"mongo_id":"e8b187f5-aa1d-49ab-8bd2-1107e91f5f88","is_powered_by":false,"story_type":"1","photo_url":"https:\/\/ent.news\/2024\/3\/1805.jpg","photo_position":"above","homepage_title":"","full_issue_title":"Mixed bag for the UAE in the foreign press","related_issue":[90214],"teaser":"Is the UAE vying for a UAE-EU trade pact?","voice_url":"https:\/\/s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/ent.news\/audio\/2024\/3\/.e27de1ae-3ff4-42dc-a717-3fff7f33131d.mp3"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.1 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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