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As economic relations enter a new phase following the agreement brokered by Trump’, the eyes of ABD’ have been turned to Azerbaijan’'s share in the pipelines

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Washington signalled ’'s desire to deepen its presence in a region that has long been dominated by Russia and China, a senior US ’ official said on Thursday, saying the US ’ wants a direct share of Azerbaijan’'s pipeline and energy infrastructure.

Speaking at the first Azerbaijan-U.S. Economic Dialogue in Baku’, Caleb Orr, Deputy Secretary of State for Economy, Energy and Commercial Affairs, said that ABD’ sees opportunities that extend far beyond traditional hydrocarbons.

“ABD wants a bigger role in pipeline infrastructure and other energy infrastructure that Azerbaijan’ is building, ” said.

Orr also pointed out Washington’'s support for the growing role of Azerbaijan’ as a transit hub, highlighting the Central Corridor’, the trade and transportation route connecting Asia and Europe’ through the Caspian region.

“AzerbaijanWe expect to help ’ grow its role as the central node of the Central Corridor’ for the energy transition to Europe’ya and the rest of the world, ” said.

The US has already settled in the energy sector of Azerbaijan ’ through ExxonMobil and Chevron.

Orr noted that ExxonMobil’ signed a memorandum of understanding for new exploration activities at last year's Baku Energy Week’, while US ’ oil giant Chevron’ also signed a new working agreement at this year's event.

Orr went on to say that “Azerbaijan’ is now a critical energy producer for the world. “And the United States is really benefiting from this relationship, and we expect this relationship to grow significantly over the next few years.”

From Peace Accords to Investments

The event, held in Baku’, capital of Azerbaijan’, brought together government officials and business representatives to discuss cooperation in four strategic areas: regional connectivity and transit, energy security and critical mines, investment, artificial intelligence and digital infrastructure.

EuronewsWhen asked about the importance of the relationship between Azerbaijan and the United States, Azerbaijani Economy Minister Mikhail Jabbarov said strong political ties create favorable conditions for deeper economic cooperation.

“, you're right. Thanks to the leadership of President Aliyev and President Trump’, we have a really strong and developing political relationship, ” said.

Economic dialogue follows a landmark moment in U.S.-Azerbaijan relations.

August 8, 2025’te Trump hosted Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev and Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan at the White House’; where the two leaders signed a joint declaration committing to a peaceful relationship after more than three decades of conflict; This was a breakthrough mediated in Washington ’ instead of Moscow or Brussels, which were previously key political capitals where the Armenia-Azerbaijan relationship was managed.

As part of the agreement, the United States said it would help build a major transit corridor connecting the Azerbaijani ’ to Nakhchivan ’ through the territory of Armenia, to be called the Trump Route or TRIPP for International Peace and Prosperity.

Forward-looking priorities

According to Jabbarov’, cooperation between the two countries is increasingly focused on four strategic priorities.

The first of these is the regional link covering trade, transit and the Central Corridor. He described it as a natural space for cooperation. He also said the cooperation includes energy infrastructure, logistics networks and the Alat Free Economic Zone ’ni.

The special economic zone is located in the Port of Alat’ on the Caspian coast, south of Baku’, and Azerbaijanis one of the most ambitious economic projects of ’; is essentially a purpose-built business center designed to attract foreign investment and position Baku’ as a regional commercial center.

In addition to the long-standing presence of U.S. energy giants in the Azerbaijani sector, Jabbarov also marked critical minerals as a growing boundary in the relationship.

“Critical mines are a new addition to our bilateral cooperation, ” said, adding that both countries see significant potential in developing their supply chains and exploring new discoveries.

Artificial intelligence and digital infrastructure also came to the fore, reflecting Baku’'s effort to go beyond hydrocarbons and create new areas of technological expertise.

Jabbarov, “We believe that artificial intelligence is an area and space that has an impact on all areas of economic development.

Azerbaijan said ’ wants not only data centers and digital infrastructure, but also a wider ecosystem built around innovation, productivity and human capital.

According to the report, the state subsidy of China’ is eight times higher than that of OECD’.

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Chinese companies received three to eight times more subsidies than Western companies between 2005 and 2024, according to a report released Monday by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).

The findings came at a time when European ​​ policymakers were trying to halt the wave of low-cost Chinese imports in sectors ranging from metals to chemicals, from cars to green technologies.

Last week the European Commission held a ’ orientation debate in Brussels“ and concluded that the current state of the ” trade and investment relationship [with China] is not sustainable“.

The OECD warned that state aid risks disrupting the playing field. According to OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann, “, large and permanent industrial subsidies can disrupt global markets, create unfair competitive advantages and contribute to oversupply capacity.

The report noted that Chinese firms benefit from government support through grants and under-market borrowing (BMB), with the latter being “, which is particularly large.

The report noted that this support is provided by the structure of “'s financial system, especially the fact that most corporate loans are issued by state banks and policy banks at rates close to the China’'s one-year lending reference point.

Global government subsidies are concentrated in sectors such as solar panels, semiconductors and heavy industries such as steel and aluminum.

Average assistance for wind turbines is a measure of global company revenue for the period 2005-2024. %It took place at the level of 1’i. But subsidies for Chinese companies have consistently exceeded “ 2% over the past 15 years, and ” more than once exceeded ’ 5% per year.

The support is even more pronounced in semiconductors. The OECD estimates that subsidies are the average of company income worldwide. %2’sini constitutes, but “China-based subsidies for companies in 2021 and 2022’ company revenues are almost ’ stated that he had reached ”.

The EU says some Chinese subsidies are unfair commercial practices and is investigating the products one by one. In 2022’de also adopted the Regulation on Foreign Subsidies, which allows the Commission’ to investigate foreign companies receiving government support when entering merger or public tender procedures in the bloc.

Meo wants €82 million from state over exclusion of Huawei 5G’

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Telecom operator Meo has decided to take legal action against the Portuguese state, claiming €81.7 million in compensation after Huawei equipment was removed from Portuguese ’'s 5G networks, the newspaper Público reported on Monday. (source in Portuguese).

The report includes information on the Citius portal, especially regarding the cases filed against the Attorney General's Office and the State Legal Center on April 24 this year in ’. With the Administrative Court of the District of Lisbon.

According to Público’, this step of Meo’, which is in the Altice Portugal’in brand portfolio, was taken on the grounds that ’'s “idari decisions were damaged due to ”, the Security Evaluation Commission within the framework of the High Council for Cyber Space Security. The company also said it was damaged. “Special and abnormal damage”as a result of these measures.

Firstly, the Lusa news agency reported, that in the first half of 2023’ is a state body that issued a decision emphasizing the “ high risk of using equipment from suppliers in non-EU, NATO or OECD member countries for ” national 5G networks and services security“. (source in Portuguese). It also included situations where the provider's “-dominated ” or the “-country's legal order allowed the ” government to exercise control, interference, or pressure on “'s activities in third countries.

The Portuguese news agency recalled that the decision does not directly refer to countries or companies in the sector. Although Huawei is the main target of the ban,This came after this assessment, both in the Portuguese ’ and in other European countries where similar exclusions were applied.

According to the ECO newspaper, (source in Portuguese), Huawei technology was widely used by Meo in the development of the 5G network.

Huawei filed an administrative lawsuit at the Lisbon District Administrative Court ’ against the decision in September 2023’te. After nine months, Lusa’ya, an official source at the Security Assessment Commission’, said: “ stated that ” followed the course of the case.

November 2023’te Vodafone Portugal’ general manager Luís Lopes in an interview with “Expresso” (source in Portuguese), ,The Security Assessment Commission noted that ’'s decision to exclude Huawei equipment is more “aggressive” than that implemented in other EU member states, and therefore “ is not particularly well evaluated.

NOS CEO Miguel Almeida took the same view. May 2024’te APDC’nin (Portuguese Communications Development Association) 33. Digital Business Congress’nde speaking, in comments quoted by “Dinheiro Vivo” (source in Portuguese)” said: It is worth emphasizing that the decision “ [which excludes Huawei ’ from 5G’] goes far beyond the practice common in Europe’ in terms of the diversity of network components covered by this measure.”