Events & Publications
“China-GCC FTA Negotiations and Prospects for Broader Economic Collaboration”, Panel Discussion, AGSIW webinar, 5 Apr 2023
Dr Nasser Saidi participated in the panel discussion hosted by the Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington (AGSIW) titled...
6 April, 2023
Events & Publications
Impact on Trade with Middle East as a New Arena for Asian Competition (?), Panel Discussion at the MEI NUS Annual Conference, 18 May 2022
Dr Nasser Saidi joined a panel discussion online titled "Impact on Trade" within the wider context of "Middle East: A New Arena...
24 May, 2022
Economic commentary
Weekly Insights 30 Sep 2021: Headwinds to Recovery in Global Trade
Weekly Insights 30 Sep 2021: Headwinds to Recovery in Global Trade 1 Global services trade has been lagging goods trade, still...
30 September, 2021
Economic commentary
Weekly Insights 19 Aug 2021: Charts on Global Trade Recovery + Tourism in the Middle East + Fiscal deficits in Bahrain & Kuwait + Consumer & Producer Prices in Saudi Arabia
Weekly Insights 19 Aug 2021: Charts of the Week (Global Trade Recovery + Middle East’s Tourism Indicators + Fiscal deficits in...
19 August, 2021
Economic commentary
Weekly Insights 8 Apr 2021: Risks to the Rosy Outlook as World Recovery Seemingly Accelerates
Download a PDF copy of this week’s insight piece here Chart 1 Inspite of battling new Covid19 restrictions, PMIs run...
8 April, 2021
Economic commentary
Weekly Insights 25 Feb 2021: Rising global food prices amid supply chain disruptions & impact on import-dependent dollar-pegged GCC nations
Download a PDF copy of this week’s insight piece here Chart 1 PMIs indicate rising manufacturing activity vs...
25 February, 2021
Economic commentary
Weekly Insights 14 Jan 2021: Trade, Tourism & the Global Vaccination Drive
Download a PDF copy of this week’s insight piece here 1 Trade recovers in Q3; services trade lags WTO’s latest Q3...
14 January, 2021
Economic commentary
Weekly Insights 7 Jan 2021: UAE’s silver linings – has the country turned a corner?
Download a PDF copy of this week’s insight piece here 1 Heatmap of Manufacturing/ non-oil private sector PMIs PMIs...
7 January, 2021
Economic commentary
Weekly Insights 23 Dec 2020: V or W-shaped recovery? Surge in Covid19 cases & new strain to dampen growth in Q4
Download a PDF copy of this week’s insight piece here Chart 1: Uncertainty in the time of Covid19 Both Economic...
23 December, 2020
Economic commentary
Weekly Insights 27 Jul 2020: Charts on the spread of Covid19 in the GCC + Global trade
Charts of the Week 1 Spread of Covid19 in the GCC Most GCC nations have begun a phased re-opening of their economies after being...
27 July, 2020
Events & Publications
Speaker at the Arab Strategy Forum, 12 Dec 2018
Dr Nasser Saidi participated in the Arab Strategy Forum, held in Dubai on 12th December 2018 Part of the panel session discussing...
16 December, 2018
Reports & papers
Trends in trade and investment policies in the MENA region: Policy Brief prepared for the OECD MENA-OECD Working Group on Investment and Trade, Nov 2018
The MENA-OECD Working Group on Investment and Trade's 2018 meeting was held in Dead Sea, Jordan on 27-28 Nov, 2018...
29 November, 2018
Events & Publications
MENA-OECD Working Group on Investment and Trade meeting, 27-28 Nov 2018
Dr Nasser Saidi participated in the MENA-OECD Working Group on Investment and Trade meeting held over 27-28 Nov 2018 at Dead Sea,...
29 November, 2018
Reports & papers
The Redback Cometh: Renminbi Internationalization and What to Do About it
DIFC Economic Note 18, The Redback Cometh Renminbi Internationalisation & What to do about it, analyses the growing...
14 December, 2011
Reports & papers
Infrastructure as an Engine of Growth in MENASA
DIFC Economic Note 15 titled "Infrastructure as an Engine of Growth in MENASA" provides a descriptive analysis of the...
3 July, 2011
