Technology transfer to the Middle East.

Airbus airlines airport Algeria Arab assistance Bank companies competitive construction contract controls cooperation coun developing countries dle East East Economic Digest Egypt Egyptian energy engineering expanded facilities factors financing foreign policy France growth Gulf hospital important International investment involved Iran Iraq Islamic Japan joint venture Kuwait labor LDPE Libya maintenance major manpower manufacturing medical equipment ment methanol Middle East Middle East Economic Middle Eastern Middle Eastern countries Middle Eastern nations military million Ministry nology transfer nomic nuclear power nuclear weapons OECD OPEC operations percent personnel petrochemical political ports private sector production programs projects promote Qatar reactor recipient region revenues SABIC Saudi Arabia Soviet bloc supplier countries Table tech technical technol technology absorption technology trade technology transfer telecommunications telephone tion U.S. export U.S. firms U.S. Government U.S. policies United Kingdom West Germany Western