VOL. XLV

No 13

1-April-2002

GENERAL

Arab States Embrace Free Trade Pacts.

The recent eagerness of many Arab countries to signfree trade agreements (FTAs) has manifested itselfnot only in various proposals for bilateral cooperation, but also and moreimportantly in efforts to join other larger trading blocs both within theregion and outside it. One of the regions key FTAsis the Euro-Mediterranean Partnership, the pact between the 15-member EU and Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia Egypt, Israel, Jordan,...