VOL. XLVII

No 11

15-March-2004

MOROCCO

TRADE AND COMMERCE

US And Morocco Seal Free Trade Agreement

The US and Morocco on 2 March sealed a free trade agreement following months of negotiations the first such deal the US has struck with an African nation, and only the second with an Arab nation following the agreement with Jordan in 2001 (MEES, 7 October 2001). The agreement comes as part of US President George W Bushs attempts to bring reform both political and economic to the Middle East and...