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أعلنت الإمارات وسنغافورة إطلاق مفاوضات اتفاقية الشراكة الاقتصادية الشاملة، في خطوة تستهدف توسيع الوصول إلى الأسواق وتعزيز التدفقات الاستثمارية بين البلدين، بالتزامن مع نمو التجارة الثنائية غير النفطية بنسبة 25% خلال 2025، لتصل إلى نحو 6.5 مليار دولار.
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The International Monetary Fund’s outlook for the Saudi economy points to promising prospects for recovery and growth, despite pressures from regional disruptions affecting energy production, trade flows and supply chains. While the Kingdom’s GDP is expected to be affected in 2026 by a decline in oil and gas activity, non-oil activities are proving more resilient. The economy is projected to rebound strongly in 2027 as energy production gradually returns to normal and security and trade conditions improve.
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Adipec survey finds growing electricity requirements could strain infrastructure as technology companies gain influence over global energy markets
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Jihad Azour, director of the International Monetary Fund’s Middle East and Central Asia Department, said the war in the Middle East was weighing on the region’s economic outlook, with economies across the Middle East and North Africa, Afghanistan and Pakistan expected to contract by 1.3% in 2026 before rebounding strongly in 2027, provided the conflict eases and trade gradually returns to normal.
