Arabic News Weekly Edition for Economics, 3/1/2004
Weekly Edition, Economics - Week of March 1, 2004
- Morocco seeks Pakistani investments in offshore and onshore oil prospecting
Morocco wishes to see Pakistan invest in onshore and offshore oil prospecting in the Kingdom and draw benefit from the expertise of this country in the gas and oil sectors, Moroccan minister of energy and mining Mohamed Boutaleb told MAP after a meeting, in Rabat Thursday, with visiting speaker of the Pakistani House of Representatives, Chaudhry Amir Hussain. Morocco-Pakistan, Economics, 3/6/2004 - US-Moroccan FTA will favor investment in Morocco, Zoellick
The Free Trade Agreement (FTA) concluded, here Tuesday, between The United States and Morocco will favor investments in the Kingdom while taking into account "sensitive sectors" and the country's "social and economic reality," said the US Trade representative. Morocco-USA, Economics, 3/4/2004 - Saudi Arabia Extends Morocco US$ 50 Mln to Help Rebuild Quake-Stricken Areas Saudi Arabia-Morocco, Economics, 3/4/2004
- Maghreb countries called to extend state subsidies to agricultural exports
Participants in a seminar on "multilateral trade and its impact on UMA countries" have urged their governments to subsidize agricultural exports as part of a common policy to face multilateral trade. Maghreb, Economics, 3/3/2004 - Morocco, USA finalize free trade agreement Morocco-USA, Economics, 3/3/2004
- Over seven million mobile phone subscribers in Morocco
There are about 7.4 million subscribers to the mobile phone in Morocco, said on Tuesday general manager of the Moroccan telecoms regulatory agency (ANRT), Mohamed Benchaaboun. Morocco, Business, 3/3/2004 - Maghreban trade weak due to high customs duties, taxes
Secretary general of the Maghreb Union (UMA), Habib Boulares, said the weak trade volume among the Maghreb countries (Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Mauritania and Libya) is due to high customs duties, similarity of products, customs and non-customs barriers, transport and transit difficulties and weak investments among the region's countries. Maghreb, Economics, 3/2/2004 - Media production hits 1.5 billion a year
Information Minister Safwat Al-Sherif said in speech to a conference on Information and Multimedia, that Egyptian media was up to meet the challenges of today's globalization. Egypt, Economics, 3/2/2004 - French company's contract for Casablanca sanitation, worth annual 12 mln euros
French group Suez, which won a contract for the management of waste and sanitation in Casablanca, said the 2nd largest contract it obtained, after Sao Paulo's, will yield an annual 12 million Euros annually, over 10 years. Morocco-France, Business, 3/2/2004 - Some 426,000 new jobs created in Morocco in 2003, official
Some 426,000 new jobs were created in Morocco in 2003, including 63% of unpaid jobs (family aid or apprenticeship) said the high planning commissioner. Morocco, Economics, 3/2/2004 - Syrian- Lebanese oil, gas cooperation talks
Official talks session of the joint Lebanese-Syrian ministerial committee for Oil and Gas was held on Sunday and chaired by Syria's Oil and Mineral Recourses Minister, Ibrahim Haddad, and Lebanese Minister of Energy and Water, Aiyoub Hamed. Syria-Lebanon, Economics, 3/1/2004 - Egyptian exports to Britain, France, Italy hit 1.7 billion euros Egypt, Economics, 3/1/2004