The United Kingdom is preparing an agreement designed to facilitate its companies’ access to Moroccan public contracts, estimated at more than 400 billion dirhams over three years. The future arrangement would be the first British commitment of this kind with an African country.
Faced with a massive increase in imports , Morocco has officially notified the World Trade Organization (WTO) of the opening of a safeguard investigation concerning rice, in order to protect its domestic production.
The French Minister Delegate to the Minister for Europe and Foreign Affairs, in charge of Foreign Trade and Attractiveness, Franck Riester, made a working visit to Morocco from October 11 to 12. In an interview, he analyzed the issues related to trade ties between the kingdom and France.
The UN and the WTO are sounding the alarm on a risk of "food shortage" that could be caused by disruptions related to the coronavirus in international trade and food supply chains.
It will be difficult, if not impossible, for Morocco to break certain free trade agreements with other countries. And for good reason...