Analysis

SAUDI EXPORTS

Saudi Arabia’s total exports in 2014 dropped by 8.9 percent

• SUSTG Team
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• 5. 29. 2015

Imports into Saudi Arabia rose by 3.3 percent to SR651.88bn ($173.8bn), but exports fell by 8.9 percent in 2014, new statistics show.

• Economy

  

  Photos: King Salman Urges More ‘Support to Investment and Investors in the Kingdom’ at High-Level Business Gathering

  SUSTG Team  |  5. 28. 2015

  King Salman addressed presidents and members of the Council of Saudi Chambers of Commerce, CEOs and directors of banks, businessmen, senior officials of the Ministries of Commerce and Industry and Labor, as well as SAGIA and SAMA officials at at Al-Salam Palace.

• U.S.-Saudi

  

  Saudi Arabia Seeks Sikorsky MH-60R Helicopters, First Military Sale Request from a Gulf State Since Camp David Summit

  SUSTG Team  |  5. 22. 2015

  The Royal Saudi Navy is seeking to purchase 10 Sikorsky MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopters as part of its naval expansion program, the first military purchase since the U.S.-GCC summit last week in Washington.

• Saudi Energy Policy

  

  Sfakianakis: “The choices now being made stand to alter the face of the kingdom”

  SUSTG Team  |  5. 20. 2015

  In a opinion piece in the Financial Times (paywall), veteran banker in Saudi Arabia Dr. John Sfakianakis writes, "when your income is cut in half, it helps to have a few dollars on hand, but even then you will have to make changes. So it is in Saudi Arabia..."

• U.S. - GCC Summit

  

  Reaction: GCC Camp David Summit ‘Exceeded Expectations’, Indicates ‘Clear and Continuing Commitment’ between U.S., Gulf Partners

  SUSTG Team  |  5. 18. 2015

  Reaction from officials and analysts after last week's U.S.-Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) meeting indicate that President Obama's outreach to leaders helped to shore up the U.S.-GCC alliance.

• U.S.-G.C.C. Relations

  

  President Obama Hosts GCC Leaders to Camp David, Offers ‘Ironclad’ Security Commitment

  SUSTG Team  |  5. 15. 2015

  President Barack Obama hosted a summit of GCC member states in Camp David this week to shore up U.S. security support for external threats to Gulf Nations and discuss the Administration's nuclear deal with Iran.

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  French President Hollande in Riyadh for Talks on Regional Issues with GCC Leaders

  SUSTG Team  |  5. 5. 2015

• Jadwa Investment

  

  Jadwa Investment May 2015 Chartbook: SAMA Reserves Fall on Government Spending, Consumer Data Healthy

  SUSTG Team  |  5. 4. 2015

  Jadwa Investment's recently released May 2015 Chartbook found a decline in Saudi Arabian government reserves for a 6th straight month and overall healthy consumer consumption data.

• Telecommunications: Satellites

  

  Lockheed, Arabsat/KACST in Satellite Deal to Boost Media in Saudi Arabia and Middle East

  SUSTG Team  |  4. 28. 2015

  Arabsat and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology (KACST) today announced contracts for Lockheed Martin to manufacture two A2100 communications satellites, in a bid to provide TV, internet, telephone and secure communications to customers in the Middle East.

• Water

  

  Why California Can Learn from Saudi Arabia’s Water Challenges

  SUSTG Team  |  4. 23. 2015

  The U.S. state of California has serious water challenges as Governor Jerry Brown issued a mandatory restriction on usage for the first time. Nathan Halverson on revealnews.com notes that Saudi Arabia's challenges with water present lessons for the largest state in the U.S.