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For decades, the UAE built its reputation on making and moving things. Oil from the ground. Aluminium from smelters. Passengers through airports. Cargo through ports. Each time, the formula was the same — invest early before demand was obvious, build infrastructure at the centre of global flows, and wait for the world to arrive.
Al Kaissi says the country is running that formula again. The product this time has no weight, no volume, and plays into years of building and foresight.
“We went from exporting barrels of oil, diversifying into…