{"id":631452,"date":"2018-03-19T03:57:20","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T03:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/03\/19\/international-coverage-of-the-presidential-elections-continues\/"},"modified":"2018-03-19T03:57:20","modified_gmt":"2018-03-19T03:57:20","slug":"international-coverage-of-the-presidential-elections-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterpriseam.com\/egypt\/2018\/03\/19\/international-coverage-of-the-presidential-elections-continues\/","title":{"rendered":"International coverage of the presidential elections continues"},"content":{"rendered":"

The international media\u2019s coverage of Egypt\u2019s presidential election continues<\/strong> with Reuters<\/a> reporting that the Egyptian government is concerned with clamping down on fake news. In the US, Rep. Jim McGovern (Democrat of Massachusetts) says that there is bipartisan concern in Congress over events leading up to the election, Mohamed Elshinnawi reports for VOA<\/a>. McGovern, who is the co-chairman of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission, said the concern is there despite Egypt being a close US strategic partner. Elshinnawi also spoke with a number of Egyptians residing in the US, some of whom said they are boycotting the elections.<\/p>\n

Despite the international concern, Egyptians hope President Abdel Fattah El Sisi\u2019s \u201cinevitable victory will at least benefit the country\u2019s ailing economy,\u201d<\/strong> Heba Saleh writes for the Financial Times<\/a>. \u201cDespite a series of harsh reforms pushed through by the government, there have so far been no tangible improvements for the mns of families struggling to survive on low or modest incomes.\u201d Businesses have also struggled but are optimistic that the reforms will eventually pay off and that \u201cthe worst is behind us,\u201d Edita Chairman Hani Berzi tells Saleh. Also name-checked: Pharos Holding COO Angus Blair.<\/p>\n

Growing ties with China: <\/strong>A newly-established animal feed factory of Chinese agribusiness player New Hope Group in Beheira \u201ctells a good story\u201d about the growing ties between Egypt and China, Mahmoud Fouly writes for Xinhua<\/a>. The factory is New Hope\u2019s third in Egypt and General Manager Wu Qianfeng says the company invested the equivalent of USD 15.8 mn in the project.<\/p>\n

Also worth a skim this morning:<\/p>\n