President Donald Trump on Thursday pledged to strengthen U.S. ties to the United Arab Emirates and announced deals with the Gulf state totalling over $200 billion and the two countries also agreed to deepen cooperation in artificial intelligence.

Donald Trump’s visit to the UAE brought announcements of $200 billion in commercial deals and a sweeping AI cooperation pact, though questions remain about strategic implications and the realism of long-term pledges.

US President Donald Trump is in the UAE on the final leg of his Middle East tour. Trump visited Saudi Arabia and Qatar before arriving in Abu Dhabi yesterday. The US president said the UAE will invest $1.4 trillion in the US’s AI sector over the next decade. Trump is scheduled to leave the UAE at 1pm (09:00 GMT).

The U.S. has a preliminary agreement with the United Arab Emirates to allow it to import 500,000 of Nvidia's most advanced AI chips per year, starting in 2025, two sources familiar with the situation said,

The US has reached a preliminary agreement with the United Arab Emirates (UAE) that would allow the Gulf nation to import 500,000 advanced AI chips from Nvidia annually beginning in 2025, according to Reuters.