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The U.S. Department of Commerce took steps Friday to loosen export controls on the United Arab Emirates, making it simpler to send military items, certain commercial satellites, and spacecraft to the Gulf nation, according to a notice published in the Federal Register.<\/p>

Under the updated rules, the UAE government and pre-approved companies will now be able to obtain advanced computing items without needing a license. UAE-based firms G42 and Core42, along with U.S. companies doing business in the country \u2014 including Amazon, Apple, and xAI \u2014 are among those that will no longer be required to secure licenses for AI chips and servers.<\/p>

The Commerce Department explained that the favorable treatment stems from a long-standing security relationship. The U.S. and UAE have worked together for decades to counter Iran and groups it supports, including Hamas, Hezbollah, and the Houthis.<\/p>

“More recently, the UAE played a key role advancing U.S. interests during Operation Epic Fury,” the Federal Register posting stated, referring to U.S.-Israeli strikes against Iran that began in February.<\/p>

Officials also pointed to the UAE’s economic significance, noting it is the largest U.S. trading partner in the Middle East, with UAE foreign direct investment in the United States valued at more than $1 trillion.<\/p>

The new regulation moves the UAE into a country grouping that permits broader license exceptions for military and dual-use items under Commerce Department oversight. Notably, the UAE will be the only nation in that group that does not belong to multilateral export control regimes \u2014 a distinction that sets it apart from the NATO members and other allies also included in the grouping.<\/p>

Other countries in the region, such as Israel and Saudi Arabia, are not part of that same group.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced Friday it is relaxing export restrictions on the United Arab Emirates, making it easier to ship military items, commercial satellites, and advanced computing technology to the country. Several major tech companies operating in the UAE will no longer need licenses for AI chips and servers. The move reflects decades of cooperation between the two nations on regional security issues.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":93895,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[832],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/news-1783703825898.jpg?fit=450%2C300&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pbtNqq-oqs","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":82668,"url":"https:\/\/tvdelmarva.com\/wp\/us-delays-blacklisting-deepseek-and-100-chinese-firms-flagged-as-security-threats\/","url_meta":{"origin":93896,"position":0},"title":"US Delays Blacklisting DeepSeek and 100+ Chinese Firms Flagged as Security Threats","author":"Admin","date":"June 16, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"The Trump administration has held back from adding China's AI startup DeepSeek, memory chipmaker CXMT, and more than 100 other companies to a key trade blacklist, despite an interagency committee approving them as national security risks. 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