By pouring $600 billion in new investments, Saudi Arabia to become the world’s 3rd largest investor in America

A survey by (Maaal) revealed that Saudi Arabia is qualified to become the third largest investor in the United States of America after Japan and the United Kingdom, if new investments worth $600 billion are pumped in during the next 4 years, according to the phone call that took place between Prince Mohammed bin Salman, Crown Prince and Prime Minister, and Donald Trump, the US President, based on the strong relations between the two countries, which are expected to grow further under the second term of the US President. According to the survey, current Saudi investments in the United States of America (direct and indirect) exceed the level of $770 billion, according to statements made by Finance Minister Mohammed Al-Jadaan during his participation in the Davos World Forum yesterday. Therefore, if Saudi Arabia pumps new investments into the US economy of about $600 billion, the Kingdom’s total investments in the US market will rise to about $1.37 trillion, ahead of Canada, which currently occupies third place with about $1.1 trillion. Monitoring data shows that according to available data on direct and indirect investments, Japan is at the forefront of the world’s countries with the highest investments in the US market, with about $1.9 trillion, distributed between $1.1 trillion in investments in US Treasury bills (according to the latest report issued by the US Treasury Department in November 2024) and about $783.3 billion in direct investments by the end of 2023, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis of the US Department of Commerce (Bea), in addition to investments in stock markets for which no data is available. Britain is the second largest country in the world in investing in the US market, with about $1.4 trillion, distributed between about $374.4 billion in US Treasury bills and about $749.6 billion in direct investments. Canada ranks third among the largest investors in the US market, with a value of $1.1 trillion, distributed between $765.6 billion in investments in US Treasury bills and about $635.6 billion in direct investments. China comes in fourth place with a value of $819 billion, as its investments in the US economy are focused on treasury bills as the second largest investor after Japan with a value of $768.6 billion, while its direct investments did not reach about $50 billion. Saudi Arabia currently occupies the fifth place among the largest investors in the US market with a value of $770 billion according to the statement of the Minister of Finance, as Saudi investments in US treasury bills alone amounted to about $135.6 billion according to the latest report issued by the US Treasury Department. The economic relations between the Kingdom and the United States of America enjoy historical strength. In addition to the mutual investments between the two countries, data from the General Authority for Statistics indicate that the volume of trade between the Kingdom and the United States of America recorded about 129 billion riyals in 2023, as the fifth largest trading partner of the Kingdom according to the volume of trade and the second largest country from which the Kingdom imports. According to the data, the Kingdom’s trade balance with the United States of America recorded a deficit estimated at about 12 billion riyals in favor of the United States of America, as the Kingdom’s imports from the American side amounted to about 70.6 billion riyals, compared to Saudi exports to the United States of America amounting to about 58.5 billion riyals, representing 5% of the Kingdom’s total imports.