Egypt’s Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Mohamed Farid Saleh held talks with senior executives from the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) on expanding economic cooperation and exploring investment opportunities aligned with Egypt’s economic targets.

Minister of Industry Khaled Hashem has called on the US Department of Commerce to reconsider recently imposed temporary tariffs on Egyptian rebar exports to the US market.

The US Department of ‌State has called on American citizens to leave more than a dozen countries in the Middle East, including Egypt, amid US-Israeli strikes against Iran.

The U.S. Department of Commerce decided to impose a countervailing duty of 29.51% on Egyptian imports of steel reinforcing bars (rebar), according to the Enforcement and Compliance Office.

President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi received U.S. Senior Advisor for Arab and African Affairs Massad Boulos and discussed holding the second edition of the Egyptian-American Economic Forum 2026

Egypt has ‌selected global energy and commodities firm Hartree Partners ‍for a $4 billion natural ‌gas deal, U.S. Deputy Secretary of State Christopher Landau announced.

The US International Trade Commission announced a preliminary anti-dumping and countervailing duty investigation into imports of steel concrete reinforcing bars from Egypt, Algeria, Bulgaria, and Vietnam.

Since 1978, the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) has been a key partner in Egypt's development. Through programs designed in coordination with Egyptians, USAID has primarily fostered sustainable prosperity, especially in education. However, recent developments involving funding cuts pose a threat to various sectors, affecting specific programs, including scholarships and skills development.

Egypt’s exports to the US dropped 15.5% year on year (YoY) in 2023 to $1.9 billion, compared to $2.3 billion, the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) announced.