Free Trade and Factor Proportions in the GCC Henry Thompson Economics, Comer Hall Auburn University AL 36849 USA 334-844-2910, fax 5639 thomph1@auburn.edu Hugo Toledo * Department of Economics American University of Sharjah Sharjah, United Arab Emirates February 2006 Keywords: UAE, Kuwait, distance intensity, distance abundance, GCC JEL Classification: F1, F2 Address correspondence: Hugo Toledo Department of Economics School of Business and Management P.O. Box 26666 American University of Sharjah Sharjah, United Arab Emirates (971 6) 515-2524 (office phone in UAE) (971 6) 515-2550 (fax number in UAE) E-mail Addresses: htoledo@aus.edu * Thanks for obtaining data go to Mohammed Ibrahim Mannaee (UAE) and Mariam Al-Sabah (Kuwait).