U.S., Egypt Said Making Progress on Trade Talks
Trade representatives from the U.S. and Egypt "made significant progress" in negotiations over establishing a new trade facilitation protocol and adopting core information communication and technology principles, said the Office of U.S. Trade Representative. It said they also committed to specific actions to cooperate on small-and medium-sized enterprise development, agriculture, standards, good regulatory practices and intellectual property rights protection.
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Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Miriam Sapiro and Egyptian First Under Secretary of Industry and Foreign Trade and Head of the Commercial Service Anwar Elsahragty met this week to discuss ways to expand U.S.-Egyptian trade and investment ties, USTR said.