(CNN) -- In Focus: Sovereign Wealth Funds

Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, Minister of Foreign Trade, U.A.E., talks to CNN about future relations with Washington

What a difference a credit crunch makes. Sovereign Wealth Funds control up to $3 trillion in assets, which could provide essential liquidity during the global slowdown. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown toured the Gulf this week in an attempt to secure more funds from the region.

MME takes a look at what the Sovereign Wealth Funds can bring to the table and interviews the top U.S. official overseeing relations with the SWFs, Deputy Treasury Secretary Robert Kimmitt.

Facetime: Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, Minister of Foreign Trade, U.A.E.

A new era and a new President for the United States. A historic week with the election of the 44th President of the United States.

But what can the region look for in a new U.S. administration?

We talk to United Arab Emirates' Minister of Foreign Trade, Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi about future relations between the Middle East and Washington.

Watch the show this week at the times (GMT) below:  Friday: 0915, 1945  Saturday: 0645  Sunday: 0815
Who is Robert Kimmitt? What does MME talk to UAE's Minister of Foreign Trade about? Name of the Deputy Treasury Secretary? Who is the U.A.E.'s Minister of Foreign Trade? What was the purpose of Brown's Gulf tour? Where did UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown tour? What did Robert Kimmitt discuss? Name of the prime minister of the UK? What position does Robert Kimmitt hold?
Deputy Treasury Secretary Sovereign Wealth Funds Robert Kimmitt. Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, in an attempt to secure more funds from the region. the Gulf Sovereign Wealth Funds Gordon Brown Deputy Treasury Secretary
question: Who is Robert Kimmitt?, answer: Deputy Treasury Secretary | question: What does MME talk to UAE's Minister of Foreign Trade about?, answer: Sovereign Wealth Funds | question: Name of the Deputy Treasury Secretary?, answer: Robert Kimmitt. | question: Who is the U.A.E.'s Minister of Foreign Trade?, answer: Sheikha Lubna Al Qasimi, | question: What was the purpose of Brown's Gulf tour?, answer: in an attempt to secure more funds from the region. | question: Where did UK Prime Minister Gordon Brown tour?, answer: the Gulf | question: What did Robert Kimmitt discuss?, answer: Sovereign Wealth Funds | question: Name of the prime minister of the UK?, answer: Gordon Brown | question: What position does Robert Kimmitt hold?, answer: Deputy Treasury Secretary