The objective of this paper is to examine the most important components of foreign trade policy in Egypt: the tariff structure, non-tariff barriers (NTBs) and the exchange rate policy. With the intent of assessing the policies? likely impacts on Egyptian export competitiveness the paper also...

Although taxation is not the most important determinant of investment, it has a major impact on its competitiveness and its net profitability through its affects on the cost of capital and on the expected net profitability from a given investment. This paper attempts to assess the overall tax...