UAE and US agree on path for Abu Dhabi to buy most advanced AI chips, Trump says

Reuters

Fri, May 16, 2025, 1:40 AM 1 min read

DUBAI (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump said connected Friday the United Arab Emirates and the United States person agreed to make a way for the Gulf state to bargain immoderate of the astir precocious artificial quality semiconductors from U.S. companies.

The deal, which was finalised connected Thursday during Trump's sojourn to Abu Dhabi, is simply a large triumph for the UAE, which has been trying to equilibrium its relations with its longtime state the U.S. and its largest trading spouse China.

It reflects the Trump administration's assurance that the chips tin beryllium managed securely, successful portion by requiring information centres beryllium managed by U.S. companies.

"We're making large advancement for the $1.4 (trillion) that UAE has announced it intends to walk successful the United States," Trump said, speaking during the past halt of a multi-day circuit of Gulf states that included stops successful Saudi Arabia and Qatar.

"Yesterday the 2 countries besides agreed to make a way for UAE to bargain immoderate of the world's astir precocious AI semiconductors from American companies, a precise large contract," helium said.

"This volition make billions and billions of dollars successful concern and accelerate the UAE's plans to go a truly large subordinate successful artificial intelligence," Trump added.

The UAE successful March committed to a 10-year, $1.4 trillion concern model successful the United States successful sectors including energy, AI and manufacturing.

(Reporting by Nayera Abdallah and Yousef Saba, Writing by Federico Maccioni, Editing by Timothy Heritage and Ros Russell)