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Policy Briefs
From Transactions to Strategic Partnerships:
China’s Expanding Green Engagement in Gulf States
26 November 2025
China–Gulf relations are shifting from transactional energy trade to a strategic partnership grounded in shared decarbonization and diversification goals. Expanding cooperation in renewables, green manufacturing, and industrial development reflects deeper structural changes in both economies. Yet growing technological dependence, CBAM-related trade pressures, and US–China rivalry pose vulnerabilities that require deliberate, regionally coordinated management.
Policy Papers
Leveraging Green Trade:
The MENA Region’s Opportunity in the Global Green Iron and Steel Market
23 September 2025
The MENA region has a unique chance to lead the global green iron trade, building on its dominant Direct Reduced Iron (DRI) production, abundant low-cost renewables, and central geography. With the EU’s CBAM set to reshape market dynamics, success will depend on credible certification, integrated value chains, and hydrogen ramp-up, alongside diversified export corridors to Europe and Asia that secure both competitiveness and long-term industrial growth.
