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Strategic turns in the Middle East: Trade realignments, US energy diplomacy, and Egypt’s Gulf-backing

The EU and UAE are developing new trade ties, the US is talking energy in the Gulf, and Egypt could receive billions of dollars in support from Qatar and Saudi Arabia.

01:54 - Source: CNN
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