UAE surpasses Southeast Asian tigers in business confidence

The UAE said yesterday it had surpassed the Southeast Asian economic tigers Singapore and Hong Kong in business confidence for two successive quarters this year.

Minister of Foreign Trade Sheikha Lubna bint Khalid Al Qasimi said the UAE had started to recover from the global financial crisis and this would be demonstrated in a strong growth in the country's foreign trade this year. She was addressing the Federation of UAE Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

 

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