Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Hassan El Khatib and the Parliamentary State Secretary at Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy Stefan Reinhold signed the protocol of the seventh session of the Egyptian-German Joint Economic Committee.

Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Hassan El-Khatib opened the Egyptian-German Business Forum, highlighting opportunities to deepen investment and trade ties between the two countries amid shifting global supply chains.

Egyptian Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Hassan El-Khatib and the UAE Minister of Foreign Trade Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi held high-level talks aimed at boosting trade and investment ties and advancing cooperation across priority sectors.

Egypt and Sudan agreed on a broad package of executive measures to deepen economic integration and increase bilateral trade.

Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Hassan El-Khatib held a virtual meeting with Minister of Trade, Industry, and Energy of South Korea Yeo Han-koo to discuss trade and investment relations and ongoing economic cooperation between the two countries.

Egyptian Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Hassan El-Khatib met with the Ambassador of Belarus to Cairo Evgeny Sobolevsky to discuss ways to enhance trade and investment relations between the two countries.

Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly, on December 13th, attended the announcement of the establishment of the African Trade Center of the African Export-Import Bank (Afreximbank) in the New Capital.

Bilateral trade between Egypt and Morocco has grown in recent years, reaching about $1.1 billion in 2024 and $897 million between January and October 2025, Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Hassan El-Khatib announced.

Egypt has announced the adoption of the Cairo Trade Declaration at the close of the fourth meeting of the D-8 Trade Ministers Council in Cairo, as per a statement.

Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Hassan El-Khatib discussed doubling the volume of trade between Egypt and Saudi Arabia through mechanisms that would meet the aspirations of both nations

Egypt, in its capacity as chair of the Ministerial Council of Trade Ministers of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), has succeeded in reaching African consensus on the long-standing rules of origin for the apparel, textiles, and automotive sectors, following more than four years of negotiations.

REPSS offers a dual benefit of reducing financial costs and mitigating operational risks, two factors critical for the scalability and success of smaller enterprises that form the backbone of Egypt's economy, contributing 43% of its gross domestic product (GDP).

Egypt’s Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Hassan El-Khatib, met with Kenya’s Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry, Lee Kinyanjui, to discuss ways to enhance bilateral cooperation, as per a statement.

Egypt’s cabinet approved the country’s accession to the Investment Facilitation for Development (IFD) Agreement, which falls under the framework of the World Trade Organization (WTO), as per a statement.

Trade exchange between Egypt and the UAE was valued at $5.4 billion during the January-July 2025 period, significantly up by 71% from the same period of 2024, data by the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS) showed.

Trade volume between Egypt and Pakistan reached approximately $217 million in 2024, including $104 million in Egyptian exports and $113 million in imports from Pakistan

Egypt’s total exports amounted to $45.3 billion in 2024, up 6.5% year-on-year (YoY) from $42.6 billion, according to the Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics (CAPMAS).

Egypt’s Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Hassan El-Khatib and Russian Minister of Industry and Trade Anton Alikhanov co-chaired the 15th session of the Egyptian-Russian Joint Committee for Trade, Economic, Scientific, and Technical Cooperation, held in Moscow.

The bilateral trade between Egypt and Greece reached $1.6 billion in 2024, compared to $2 billion in 2023

Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade Hassan El-Khatib has discussed ways to strengthen economic and trade cooperation between Egypt and China with the Chinese Ambassador to Egypt Liao Liqiang.