{"id":56496,"date":"2026-02-06T08:45:25","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T13:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/germanys-merz-eyes-closer-economic-ties-with-gulf-states\/06\/02\/2026\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T08:45:25","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T13:45:25","slug":"germanys-merz-eyes-closer-economic-ties-with-gulf-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/germanys-merz-eyes-closer-economic-ties-with-gulf-states\/06\/02\/2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany&#8217;s Merz eyes closer economic ties with Gulf states"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is seeking to deepen economic ties with the Gulf states, as he sets his sights on a possible trade agreement with the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;Germany is held in very high regard here, partly because we are a good place to invest,&#8221; Merz said in Abu Dhabi, the third stop on his trip to the Gulf region after Qatar and Saudi Arabia.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The chancellor said he had been surprised by the sharp increase in investment figures and the significant increase in orders in a large number of companies, adding that this development encourages him to push ahead with reforms for investment conditions and jobs in Germany.<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-md:faux-bleed mb-4 bg-marshmallow pb-5 dark:bg-ramones md:invisible md:mb-0 md:h-0 md:overflow-hidden md:pb-0\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<div class=\"flex w-full flex-nowrap justify-center\">\n<div class=\"flex ad-container\" id=\"_R_b1p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_\">\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[#_R_b1p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_ { display: none; }\n@media screen and (max-width: 767.95px) {\n        #_R_b1p56mhek5clubsnm6jbH1_ { display: flex; }\n        iframe { max-width: 100vw; }\n      }]]><\/style>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Germany is expected to take on a significant degree of leadership in the European Union, Merz said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;And what is needed above all in a world of great uncertainty is reliability and consistency, including in bilateral relations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">&#8220;We are a country that is reliable. We are a country that is prepared to cooperate more closely in foreign trade policy, including a possible trade agreement with the United Arab Emirates,&#8221; Merz continued, adding that talks on such a deal are currently taking place.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/news\/articles\/germanys-merz-eyes-closer-economic-131340407.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German Chancellor Friedrich Merz is seeking to deepen economic ties with the Gulf states, as he sets his sights on a possible<br \/><button class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/world\/germanys-merz-eyes-closer-economic-ties-with-gulf-states\/06\/02\/2026\/\">Read More &rsaquo;<\/a><\/button><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":56497,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/os\/en\/dpa_international_526\/a2df742f812a0328f7776de4d2c818de","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56496"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56496"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56496\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56497"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newssprinters.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}