Dr. Chahir Zaki is a citizen of Egypt. At present, Chahir is a Professor at the Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University. In this position, Chahir teaches and conducts research on trade policy, macroeconomics and econometrics. He is also the director of the French section. He is also a part-time lead economist at the Economic Research Forum (Cairo, Egypt). He has worked as a consultant for the World Bank (Cairo, Egypt) and the International Trade Center (UNCTAD-WTO, Geneva). He holds a B.A. in Economics from Faculty of Economics and Political Science, Cairo University, an M.A. in Economics from Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne, and a Ph.D. in Economics from Université Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne. His research interests include international trade, trade policy, trade in services, applied economics and macroeconomic modeling.