In the final leg of a high-stakes Gulf tour, Donald Trump, United States president, arrived in the United Arab Emirates on Thursday following earlier visits to Saudi Arabia and Qatar. His stop in Abu Dhabi culminated in a raft of multi-billion-dollar agreements spanning artificial intelligence, aviation, energy and data infrastructure—totaling what he claimed to be $10 trillion in value.

At the heart of the announcements was a  pledge from the UAE to invest $1.4 trillion in the United States’ artificial intelligence sector over the next decade. The investment will be channeled into a broad partnership encompassing research, infrastructure and semiconductor procurement.

“This will generate billions and billions of dollars in business and accelerate the UAE’s plans to become a really major player in artificial intelligence,” said Trump, speaking alongside UAE president Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan. “I have absolutely no doubt that the relationship will only get bigger and better.”

The deal includes a commitment by the UAE to build what is set to become the largest AI campus outside the United States. In turn, the Gulf nation will gain expanded access to advanced American AI chips—technology previously withheld over concerns about potential transfers to China.

Among the commercial windfalls from the visit was a $14.5 billion agreement between Boeing and Etihad Airways for 28 new aircraft. The announcement was part of a broader suite of bilateral deals Trump described as “game-changing” for the American economy.

The UAE also committed to joint US-UAE investments worth $440 billion in the energy sector through to 2035. Sultan al-Jaber, chief of the UAE’s state-owned oil company ADNOC, confirmed the figures during a business roundtable in Abu Dhabi.

Source: Businessday