Few topics dominate global economic policy in 2026 like critical minerals, and Turkiye has moved to the center of that conversation. At the OECD Critical Minerals Forum in Istanbul on 28 April 2026, Energy and Natural Resources Minister Alparslan Bayraktar announced that Turkiye was finalizing a national Critical Raw Materials […]
Inside the TRIPP Development Company: The Commercial Engine Behind the Zangezur Corridor
The peace agreement between Azerbaijan and Armenia captured global headlines in 2025. Less visible, but arguably more important for regional commerce, is the business vehicle now taking shape to build and operate the transport link at the heart of that deal, the Trump Route for International Peace and Prosperity, widely […]
A New Energy Axis: Türkiye and the United States Sign LNG and Civil Nuclear Agreements
Energy has quietly become one of the most productive pillars of the Türkiye United States relationship. Alongside the headline trade and aviation agreements of recent months, the two countries signed a 20 year liquefied natural gas supply agreement and a Strategic Civil Nuclear Cooperation memorandum of understanding, two deals that […]
Turkish Airlines Seals $30 Billion Boeing Order, Delivering a Major Win for American Manufacturing
One of the largest single transactions in the history of Türkiye United States commerce did not involve oil, steel or minerals. It involved aircraft. Turkish Airlines finalized an agreement with Boeing for up to 225 jets, a purchase valued at roughly $30 billion that the US Department of Commerce says […]
Turkiye and the United States Push Toward a $100 Billion Trade Target as 2026 Opens at Record Levels
Turkiye and the United States entered 2026 with fresh momentum behind one of the most ambitious goals in their commercial relationship, a bilateral trade volume of $100 billion. Speaking at a roundtable organized by the Union of Chambers and Commodity Exchanges of Turkiye and the US Chamber of Commerce on […]
US DFC and Uzbekistan Launch Joint Holding Company to Counter China’s $106B Regional Trade Grip
On February 18, 2026, Uzbek President Shavkat Mirziyoyev returned to Washington for a second high-level visit within three months and presided over the signing of a set of agreements that went beyond the commercial transactions of the November 2025 C5+1 summit. The centerpiece was a Joint Investment Framework between the […]
Kazakhstan Joins Abraham Accords to Unlock US and Gulf Investment Channels for Tech and Minerals
On November 6, 2025, Kazakhstan became the first Central Asian state and the first country outside the Middle East and North Africa to join the Abraham Accords, the normalization framework inaugurated by the Trump administration in 2020 and originally signed by the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, and Sudan. The announcement came […]
Uzbekistan Opens Visa-Free Entry for All US Citizens as Part of 15M Tourist Target by 2030
As of January 1, 2026, all citizens of the United States can enter Uzbekistan without a visa for stays of up to 30 days. Presidential Decree No. 203, signed by President Shavkat Mirziyoyev on November 3, 2025, formally lifted visa requirements for American travelers, removing the previous requirement to obtain […]
Uzbekistan Creates US Business Council and Pledges $100B in American Deals Over a Decade
In the days surrounding the November 2025 C5+1 Presidential Summit, Uzbekistan moved beyond the signing of individual commercial contracts and laid the institutional foundations for what President Shavkat Mirziyoyev described as a new era of systematic economic cooperation with the United States. At the center of that architecture is the […]
US Firm Freedom Holding and NVIDIA Sign $2B Sovereign AI Hub Deal with Kazakhstan
The week of the historic C5+1 Presidential Summit produced a technology agreement that may prove as consequential as any of the commercial deals signed at the White House. On November 7, 2025, NASDAQ-listed Freedom Holding Corp. (ticker: FRHC), a Nevada-headquartered financial services and technology firm operating across 21 countries, signed […]