The United Arab Emirates and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan share a robust and expanding economic and investment partnership that reflects the strength of the strategic relationship between the two brotherly countries. A broad framework of bilateral agreements, memoranda of understanding, and cooperation protocols across the trade, economic, and investment sectors continues to strengthen this partnership, fostering greater trade, encouraging investment, and advancing sustainable economic growth in support of the two countries' shared interests.
The United Arab Emirates is among Jordan's leading trading partners. Non-oil bilateral trade has exceeded USD 4.2 billion, making Jordan the UAE's third-largest Arab trading partner outside the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC). The UAE is also the largest foreign investor in Jordan, with cumulative investments estimated at approximately USD 23 billion as of 2026. Emirati investments span a wide range of strategic sectors, including renewable energy, technology, tourism, real estate, transportation, manufacturing, and the food and pharmaceutical industries.
Economic cooperation entered a new phase with the entry into force of the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA) on May 15, 2025. As the UAE's first CEPA with an Arab country under its Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement program, the agreement has created new opportunities to expand bilateral trade and investment. This momentum was further advanced by the signing of the implementation agreement for the Aqaba Port Railway Project, valued at USD 2.3 billion, and the establishment of a joint Emirati-Jordanian company to develop and operate the railway. The project will connect the Kingdom's principal mining areas in Al Shidiya and Ghor Al Safi with the Port of Aqaba, facilitating the transport of approximately 16 million metric tons of phosphate and potash annually while further strengthening Jordan's position as a regional hub for logistics and mining.
