[jec41]

10 billion is our trade with them . Contracts are not trade or GDP. The contract with American construction companies to build the off shore Islands of the UAE was over 1 trillion. Just the latest with Boeing for a satellite contract was a billion. Boeing also sells them 50 million in aircraft but what people don't notice is the service contracts last years and are larger. We are also building the worlds tallest building there and have tons of building contracts.

[SJackson]

I think two trillion dollars in contracts is an exaggeration. The implication that they buy 2 trillion in debt is wrong, as is, to my knowledge, the presence of a presence of the Government of Israel in the UAE. Exaggerations don't help make either case.