Morocco-U.S. meeting explores joint business opportunities

The huge business opportunities offered in Morocco thanks to the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) sealed with the United States and the African Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) were at the center of talks held lately between Pdt of Moroccan Association of Exporters Hassan Sentissi El Idrissi and U.S. Consul General to Casablanca Lawrence M. Randolph. […]

Moroccan-Nigerian Pipeline Puts Final Nail in Algeria’s Trans-Saharan Gas Project

The agreements signed between Morocco and Nigeria to build an offshore gas pipeline has effectively buried plans to achieve the Trans-Saharan Gas Project that was mulled in 2002 to bring Nigerian gas to the Mediterranean through Niger and Algeria. Former Algerian Interior Minister and ex-Ambassador, Abderrahmane Meziane Cherif bemoaned that his country has been outperformed […]

USA: the job growth, the tax hikes and voters’ expectations

The tight contest between Obama and Romney will finally come to an end on November 6th. However this week will be marked by the unveiling of the closely monitored employment report. Although Hurricane Sandy forced the government to stop working for 2 days, the Labor department plans to release the October jobs data as scheduled […]