{"id":66940,"date":"2016-03-30T01:08:25","date_gmt":"2016-03-29T23:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/u-s-business-group-visits-egypt-to-discuss-economic-competitiveness\/"},"modified":"2016-03-30T01:08:25","modified_gmt":"2016-03-29T23:08:25","slug":"u-s-business-group-visits-egypt-to-discuss-economic-competitiveness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/u-s-business-group-visits-egypt-to-discuss-economic-competitiveness\/","title":{"rendered":"U.S. Business Group Visits Egypt to Discuss Economic Competitiveness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span dir=\"ltr\"> CAIRO, Egypt, March 29, 2016\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ &#8212; <\/span><\/p>\n<p>Representatives of nearly 50 American firms met with Egyptian government officials and private sector leaders on March 29 to discuss Egypt\u2019s global economic competitiveness and to explore opportunities for expanding their operations in Egypt.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p \/>\n<p>The first ever Egyptian Competitiveness Forum was organized by the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) with support from the U.S. Embassy in Cairo.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs American firms and multinational corporations explore opportunities in Egypt,\u201d BCIU President Peter Tichansky said, \u201cthe Forum facilitated discussion with Egypt\u2019s leadership about fostering an environment conducive to entrepreneurship and innovation in order to fully capitalize on Egypt\u2019s unique position in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p \/>\n<p>Underlining the U.S. Government\u2019s support for a stable and prosperous Egypt, U.S. Ambassador Stephen Beecroft noted:\u00a0 \u201cThis Forum is a testament to the interest in increasing collaboration between Egypt and the United States.\u00a0 I am pleased that so many U.S. firms are interested in competing for opportunities to expand their presence in Egypt.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) is a nonpartisan, U.S.-based organization that works to expand international trade and commerce. It does this by helping its member companies engage internationally and by facilitating mutually beneficial relationships between business and government leaders worldwide.\u00a0 The Foreign Commercial Service of the U.S. Department of Commerce was instrumental in facilitating the BCIU Egyptian Competitiveness Forum. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAIRO, Egypt, March 29, 2016\/APO (African Press Organization)\/ &#8212; Representatives of nearly 50 American firms met with Egyptian government officials and private sector leaders on March 29 to discuss Egypt\u2019s global economic competitiveness and to explore opportunities for expanding their operations in Egypt.\u00a0 The first ever Egyptian Competitiveness Forum was organized by the Business Council [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4584],"tags":[428,4585,830],"class_list":{"0":"post-66940","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-africa-news-2","7":"tag-africa","8":"tag-apo","9":"tag-news","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66940","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66940"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66940\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66940"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66940"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66940"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}