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This week on Marketplace Middle East

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  • UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown toured Gulf looking for more funds from the region
  • Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt on Sovereign Wealth Funds
  • What can the Middle East look for in the United States' new president?
  • MME talks U.A.E.'s Minister of Foreign Trade about relations with the U.S.
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(CNN) -- In Focus: Sovereign Wealth Funds

Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, Minister of Foreign Trade, U.A.E., talks to CNN about future relations with Washington

Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, Minister of Foreign Trade, U.A.E., talks to CNN about future relations with Washington

What a difference a credit crunch makes. Sovereign Wealth Funds control up to $3 trillion in assets, which could provide essential liquidity during the global slowdown. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown toured the Gulf this week in an attempt to secure more funds from the region.

MME takes a look at what the Sovereign Wealth Funds can bring to the table and interviews the top U.S. official overseeing relations with the SWFs, Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt.

Facetime: Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, Minister of Foreign Trade, U.A.E.

A new era and a new President for the United States. A historic week with the election of the 44th President of the United States.

But what can the region look for in a new U.S. administration?

We talk to United Arab Emirates' Minister of Foreign Trade, Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi about future relations between the Middle East and Washington.

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