Egypt, China sign MoU to promote cooperation in legal services

CAIRO – 6 September 2017: The Egyptian Trade Union Federation (ETUF) and China Council for the Promotion of International Trade signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on Wednesday to promote cooperation in legal services domain.

In a statement, the ETUF said the memo aims at forming an Egyptian-Chinese committee to settle trade conflicts through dialogue in a bid to increase cooperation between Egypt and China in the coming period.

The memo also aims at conducting studies on trade laws in Egypt and China to brief businessmen on legal environment in both countries.

Under the memo, mechanisms for trade conflict settlement will be set up and cooperation in the legal training and intellectual property domains will be activated.

ETUF Fund secretary Mohamed Fayyoumi and the head of the Chinese council signed the memo during the Arab-Chinese investment summit that was held on the sidelines of China-Arab States Expo 2017.