Means to help Moroccan and American companies take advantage of the FTA considered in Rabat

Means to promote the Moroccan-American free trade agreement and help enterprises of the two countries make the utmost of the agreement were reviewed Friday in Rabat by Moroccan industry and trade minister, Salah Mezouar, and American assistant undersecretary to trade, Mrs Holly Vineyard.

Mezouar told the press the two parties in the agreement, signed last June 15, have incepted a move to publicise the agreement provisions among American and Moroccan companies so as to spread a better knowledge of the realities of the two markets.

The Moroccan minister stressed the need to provide guidance and information to small and medium enterprises, especially Moroccan ones to enable them to know the opportunities offered by the American market. He said a working plan has been set up to initiate contacts with American industries.

Mrs. Vineyard underscored the opportunities offered by the free trade agreement for the enterprises of the two countries, recalling the agreement will be enforced as of next January.