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Counting The US-Saudi Deals: A Look at What We Know So Far following President Trump’s Visit to Saudi Arabia

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Bloomberg and naturalgasintel.com feature a thorough rundown of all of the deals that were announced during the recent visit by President Donald Trump to Saudi Arabia.

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U.S.-Saudi Deals

Guide to $400 Billion in Saudi-U.S. Deals: Black Hawks to Oil

Saudi Arabia signed billions of dollars of deals with U.S. companies during President Donald Trump’s visit to Riyadh. Estimates of their total value vary from...

 

Saudi Business Environment

Trump visit: US-Saudi deals to bring big business benefits

Saudi Arabia is on the cusp of change and reform and the country has embarked on a fundamental policy shift to respond to low oil...

 

Adel Al-Jubeir

Saudi foreign minister reacts to President Trump’s visit

The foreign minister calls the president's trip an 'incredible success'...

 

Softbank Vision Fund

Softbank-Saudi tech fund becomes world’s biggest with $93 billion of capital | Reuters

The world's largest private equity fund, backed by Japan's Softbank Group and Saudi Arabia's main sovereign wealth fund, said on Saturday it had raised over...

 

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Saudi vs Shale: The Breakeven Myth

So, based on these figures, which are from last year, Saudi Arabia has a substantial advantage over its main rivals—its oil is near the surface,...

 

OPEC Extension

Saudi Arabia, Iraq agree oil output cut needs nine-month extension

OPEC heavyweights Saudi Arabia and Iraq agreed on Monday on the need to extend a global cut in oil supply by nine months in an...

 

U.S.-Saudi Relations

What kind of deal is Trump making with Saudi Arabia?

At this early stage, however, it may be more useful to view Trump’s Saudi visit through the lens of intra-alliance bargaining games....

 

Women in Saudi Arabia

Young or old, Saudi women live under male relatives’ control

Saudi Arabia’s ban on women driving is what often grabs the most attention, but rights advocates say guardianship laws are the factor that most powerfully...

 

Saudi Change

Saudi Arabia Experiments with Reform Amid Economic Downturn

As oil riches have declined in Saudi Arabia, the crisis has forced change in the country. Women are joining the workforce and music is even...

 

Lubna Al-Olayan

Saudi Billionaire Says Companies Struggled to ‘Absorb’ Reforms

Delivering rare public remarks in her home country, billionaire businesswoman Lubna Al-Olayan said companies have struggled with the magnitude of changes imposed by authorities in...

 

Saudi-Egypt Power Grid

8 major players to bid for Saudi-Egypt power grid deal

Under this project, the switch stations in Egypt and Saudi Arabia will be linked by land cables, in addition to a submarine cable of 500...

 

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