Meeting for free trade zone between Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt, Jordan

A group of experts in charge of drafting an agreement for a free-trade zone agreement between Morocco, Tunisia, Egypt and Jordan held a third session this March 27-28 in Tunis.

According to the Moroccan delegation, the group, which will hold another session in Morocco, has almost finalized the free trade zone agreement between the four states. The session looked into trade liberalization, taking into account separate agreements binding each of the four states to the European Union, bilateral free-trade agreements and the free trade area agreement signed by 15 Arab countries.

Foreign ministers of Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia signed last May in Agadir (Morocco), in the presence of King Mohammed VI a Declaration, setting up a free trade zone between the four states and agreed to leave the door open for other Arab states to join in.