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Is this a new era for US-Saudi relations?
Exclusive interview with US-Saudi Business Council CEO, Charles Hallab on the TWENTY30 Podcast
Lucien and Hanaa
May 27, 2025
Greetings from the editorial room of the TWENTY30 Podcast! While we have not updated you in some time, we have been busy booking in excellent guests and covering some key topics. We have highlighted some of the key episodes we have published recently below, but don’t forget to tune in and subscribe to us on on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTube for some great deep dives and news segments as well!
In our latest episode (54) we hosted the fantastic Charles Hallab, the newly appointed President & CEO of the U.S.-Saudi Business Council (the “Council”), a bilateral NGO at the forefront of the business, trade, and investment relationship between the United States and the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Hallab, who has a longstanding relationship with the Kingdom shares his insights on the relationship between Saudi Arabia and the USA, especially in light of US President Trump’s recent visit to Riyadh and the electric energy at the Saudi-US investment forum. He told us more about the role of the council in facilitating business between the two countries and discusses the role of their newly established Strategic Partnership Center. Tune in to hear first hand insights on the new era of Saudi-US business relationships!
And since it has been some time since we checked in, we would also like to make sure you don’t miss out on some other fantastic content we launched in the past few episodes!
In our last newsletter we highlighted our discussion with Sulaiman AlMazroua, CEO of Saudi Arabia’s National Industrial Development and Logistics Program (NIDLP). We then covered a series of deep dives exploring new urban architectural guidelines, and the position of Saudi young people on the Global Youth Index (episode 50!).
We also discuss the position of the Eastern Province within Vision 2030 before exploring the newest Vision 2030 progress report. Saudi Arabia has also made headway with patent filings, a topic Lucien delves into in episode 53.
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