CLDP convened the seventh meeting for the members of the Southeast Europe Food Safety, Animal Health, and Plant Health working groups in Montegro.

Egyptian Officials from the Egyptian Competition Authority participated in the Fordham Annual Conference on International Antitrust Law and Policy in New York City.

Through the support and recommendation of the Commercial Law Development Program, the Senior Economist of the Egyptian Competition Authority (ECA) was accepted as a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) International Fellow worked in Washington DC from mid September 2008 until mid December 2008 in the FTC

On August 25, 2008, an Egyptian trial court rendered a landmark decision against nine cement companies for engaging in anti-competitive behavior. This cartel case is a significant milestone in Egypt as it resulted in a major monetary penalty ($37.7 million USD) against the defendants.

In response to the request by the Palestine Standards Institution (PSI), CLDP invited two PSI officials to participate in the NIST Standards in Trade Workshop on WTO/TBT Inquiry Point Operations for India, Middle East, and North Africa.