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New Iranian Sanctions May Impact UAE Markets
Published in Daily News Egypt on 15 - 06 - 2010

DUBAI: The effects of the new United Nations Security Council sanctions against Iran will be felt far beyond Tehran , in the United Arab Emirates .
Despite not always seeing eye-to-eye on political issues and a longstanding territorial conflict over three islands in the Gulf, economic ties between Iran and the United Arab Emirates have always been strong.
But the new UN sanctions may very well change this.
The sanctions were approved by a 12-to-2 vote on Wednesday. Lebanon abstained, Turkey and Brazil voted against the sanctions, and all the permanent members of the Security Council – including the United States , France , the United Kingdom , Russia and China – voted in favour. The sanctions aim to target Iranian shipping firms, banks, and companies connected to the influential Revolutionary Guard.
The sanctions are the latest round in the standoff between the United States and Iran over its alleged nuclear weapons program.
“China - United Arab Emirates trade is a lot about re-export that goes to Iran ,” David Butter, Regional Director for the Middle East and North Africa with the Economist Intelligence Unit, recently told The Media Line. “It could shrink as access to the Iranian market is becoming harder as a result of sanctions.”
The United Arab Emirates is not only re-exporting Chinese goods, but it is also doing so with American goods.
According to a recent report by the National US - Arab Chamber of Commerce, a Washington-based NGO working to promote US business ties with the Arab World, the single largest importer of American goods in the Arab World is the United Arab Emirates, which is expected to import goods and services totalling about $22 billion in 2010. A majority of these will be re-exported across the region.
Morteza Masoumzadeh, Executive Deputy President of the Iranian Business Council in United Arab Emirates, argued the effects of the sanctions would be minimal.
“The new restriction and sanctions does not affect our business in the United Arab Emirates because we are already hit hard by the previous sanctions in the latest three rounds,” he told The Media Line. “It's not something that will affect our future.”
“The UAE and Iran have historical and traditional ties,” he said. “This is not something new; there has always been Iranian trade houses in the United Arab Emirates and Emirate businessmen in Iran … Around 8,000 Iranian companies are operating in the United Arab Emirates at the moment.”
Dr. Christian Koch, Director of International Studies at the Gulf Research Centre in Dubai, agreed that the affects would be minimal.
“I do not think the new round of sanctions will impact trade between the United Arab Emirates and Iran that much, as we are talking about targeted sanctions here instead of a general embargo,” he told The Media Line. “Those items covered under the new regime, dual-use goods for Iran's nuclear industry or military items, have never made up the majority of goods traded with Iran. Along with the new sanctions, there will certainly be continued efforts to stop


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