For Immediate Release
Office of the Press Secretary
August 17, 2004
Statement on the US-Morrocco Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
August 17, 2004
STATEMENT BY THE PRESS SECRETARY
Today, the President signed the US-Morocco Free Trade Agreement
Implementation Act. This agreement will help create jobs and new
opportunities for Americans by deepening our trade ties with an
important friend in the Arab world. Morocco's leadership has been
steadfast in its support for economic and political liberalization and
with this agreement, Morocco joins Jordan and Israel as our FTA
partners in the region. This agreement also advances the President's
goal of a U.S.- Middle East Free Trade Area (MEFTA) by 2013. The
President's goal envisions an ever-widening circle of free trade that
will help integrate the Middle East region into the global trading
system. The openness, prosperity, and hope that free trade will
engender will help make the region and America safer.
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