UAE approves 100% foreign ownership in 13 sectors

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The UAE Cabinet has approved a decision to allow up to 100 per cent foreign investment in as many as 122 economic activities across 13 sectors.

Agriculture, manufacturing, renewable energy, e-commerce, transportation, arts, construction and entertainment are among the sectors that will be fully open to foreign ownership.

The decision was taken during a Cabinet session chaired by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed Bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai.

 

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