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For the fourth year in a row, Spain stands as the main trading partner for Morocco in 2016, Morocco’s statistics office said. Spain stands as Morocco’s main trading partner taking 23.3% of the total Moroccan exports and providing 15.7% of its imports in 2016, the same source added. The EU as a whole took 46% […]
The European Union pledged to take the necessary measures to secure the implementation of the existing Free Trade Agreement for processed agricultural products and fishery products binding it to Morocco and preserve the achievements made under the two sides’ partnership in this area. The pledge was made during the meeting that gathered in Brussels Tuesday […]
US magazine Newsweek highlighted that Morocco’s readmission to the African Union offers an opportunity to further boost trade with African countries. The magazine notes that on the economic front Morocco’s return to the AU will enable it to “benefit from intra-African trade regions to the same extent as other countries.” Membership in the continental bloc […]
King Mohammed VI of Morocco hosts this week President of Rwanda Paul Kagame who arrived Monday in the North African country on a two-day official visit to foster cooperation ties. The Moroccan Sovereign will hold talks with his African guest and will host an official iftar in his honor and his accompanying delegation at the […]
Ties between Algeria and Kenya were boosted after the latter opened an Embassy there with Moi Lemoshira as Ambassador Extra-Ordinary and Plenipotentiary. During the presentation of his credentials on Sunday to Presdient Bouteflika, Lemoshira hailed the ties between the two countries and was hopeful that the signing of the Agreement on the Establishment of Joint […]
Eberhard Rhein is currently senior adviser at the European Policy Center in Brussels. He has devoted most of his life to European and global issues. During the 1980s-1990s, he served successively as chef de cabinet to the Commission vice-president in charge of external relations and director responsible for the Mediterranean and Arab world. Lately, he […]
A stronger trade and economic integration among the countries of the Middle East and North Africa is an essential reform that is likely to deliver economic growth on a scale and timetable that would create enough jobs and prosperity for the rapidly growing populations in these countries. “More trade integration would not only create growth […]
British businessmen representing several industrial, commercial and economic sectors will visit Algeria from 10th to 14th November to discuss with their Algerian peers & officials joint business opportunities offered in the North African Country, one of the world major oil and gas producers. Trade in goods between the two countries was worth over 3.2 $ […]
Morocco, Jordan and Tunisia will soon benefit from investments coming from Europe’s Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) as their economies continue to struggle. The bank is looking forward to an investment that could swell up to 200 million Euros. The investment in these three countries will be followed by several similar projects in the […]