VOL. XLIII

No. 17

24-April-2000

EGYPT

Canada And Egypt Sign $671Mn Trade Agreement

Canada and Egypt have signed an agreement to increase bilateral trade within five years to one billion Canadian dollars ($671.1mn), up from the current level of C$200mn ($137.5mn), al-Ahram International reported on 13 April. Canada will also grant Egypt C$4.4mn ($3.0mn), in addition to C$500,000 ($343,000) from the Canadian International Development Research Center, to aid small and medium sized projects. In...