阿联酋正在加强与加拿大的经济联系，迪拜港口巨头 DP World 正推进一项潜在交易，将其全球物流网络与马尼托巴省哈德逊湾的丘吉尔港连接起来。该合作协议将探索把丘吉尔港及其铁路与 DP World 的全球网络相连。彭博社报道，该项目最终可能形成一个门户，将加拿大的液化天然气、粮食和关键矿产等资源运往中东和欧洲的客户。
The UAE is strengthening economic ties to Canada as Dubai ports giant DP World moves forward on a potential deal to link its global logistics network to Manitoba’s Port of Churchill on Hudson Bay. The partnership agreement would explore linking Churchill and its railway to DP World’s global network. The project could ultimately form a gateway to transport Canadian resources like liquefied natural gas, grain, and critical minerals to customers in the Middle East and Europe, Bloomberg reported.
据估计，该项目耗资 570 亿美元，仅在加拿大总理马克·卡尼的旗舰投资机构向寻求向加拿大投资数十亿美元的阿联酋官员传达了《金融时报》所称的“直白信息”——“我们无处安放你们的资金”——几个月后出现。这一情况似乎正在改变。阿布扎比王储谢赫·哈立德·本·穆罕默德·本·扎耶德已抵达渥太华，双方刚达成一项全面贸易协定，阿联酋承诺投资 500 亿美元。
The project, costing an estimated $57 billion, comes only months after Prime Minister Mark Carney’s flagship investment agency delivered what the Financial Times described as a “blunt message” to UAE officials looking to pour billions of dollars into Canada: “We have nowhere to put your money.”That appears to be changing. Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Sheikh Khaled bin Mohamed bin Zayed has arrived in Ottawa, with a freshly agreed comprehensive trade pact, and a $50 billion investment commitment from the UAE.