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Couldn’t agree more with af_vet_rr. The UAE has a pretty straightforward approach to business so companies can rapidly sign deals and set up infrastructure.

Another factor which a lot of people appear not to consider is the fact that the Middle East-North Africa (MENA) region is fast growing and diversified defense/security market. Most have focussed on the defense aspect and tend to ignore the security part ; pretty much all Arab nations have requirements for upgrades to their police/intelligence gathering and domestic security apparatus. Some of them are off limits to European and American firms due to human rights issues, so countries like the UAE and Turkey smell a very realistic opportunity there.

Couldn’t agree more with af_vet_rr. The UAE has a pretty straightforward approach to business so companies can rapidly sign deals and set up infrastructure.

It interested me, so I read a little bit about the UAE this morning. There are a lot of "American" companies, multi-nationals, who are setting up shop in the UAE not just for sales or service reasons, but it sounds like for long-term manufacturing or distribution.

It's been a long time, but I've visited UAE in the past, and I have had a lot of friends who have worked in the UAE on temporary jobs, and they seem to know what they are doing to attract businesses.