The US has $55 billion invested in Saudi Arabia. Sixteen new American companies entered the Saudi market in 2017 alone. Steven Cook, from the Council on Foreign Relations, tells host Marco Werman that US corporate giants are now skittish about Mohammed bin Salman’s economic makeover plan.
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