Saudi-US economic relations were thrown into the spotlight last week when Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Al Saud pledged $600bn in additional trade and investment over the next four years during a phone call with the newly inaugurated President Donald Trump.
Such statements are music to the ears of Mr Trump, who swiftly added during his speech to the annual WEF gathering in Davos that “I’ll be asking the Crown Prince, who’s a fantastic guy, to round it out to around $1 trillion” (MEES, 24 January). (CONTINUED - 824 WORDS)
