In Donald Trump’s first term his first foreign visit was to Saudi Arabia. Eight years later he headed there again, but he’ll find it’s a very different country as our business affair editor, Rachana Shanbhogue, explains

00:00 How Saudi Arabia has changed
02:52 Why does MBS have Trump’s ear?
04:22 The social transformation
05:25 The economic transformation
07:30 What’s at stake?

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Saudi society has changed drastically. Can the economy change, too?: https://econ.st/439ctqI
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