US-Morocco Free Trade Agreement

• Full Text of the U.S.- Morocco FTA.
  • Text of the IPR Chapter
  • Side Letter on Public Health

• July 15, 2004. Letter from President Bush to Members of Congress.

  "This Agreement has some of the strongest intellectual property protections ever contained in a U.S. trade agreement with a developing country."

• USTR Documents

  • July 21, 2004. Statement of U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick Following Senate Approval of Morocco Free Trade Agreement.
  • July 19, 2004. US-Morocco Free Trade Agreement - Access to Medicines.
  • March 2, 2004. Press release. U.S. and Morocco Conclude Free Trade Agreement Morocco Joins Jordan as Second Muslim Nation With U.S. FTA; Another Step Toward Middle East Free Trade.
  • March 2, 2004. Summary of the Agreement. Free Trade with Morocco..
  • January 21, 2003. USTR Press Release. United States and Morocco Launch Free Trade Negotiations.

• Other US Government Documents

  • July 19, 2004. John K. Veronaeu, General Counsel, Executive Office of the President. Letter to Rep. Levin. This is in response to the July 15 letter from Reps. Rangel, Levin, McDermott and Waxman to Robert Zoellick.
  • July 15, 2004. Reps. Rangel, Levin, McDermott and Waxman. Letter to US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick.
  • November 12, 2002. US Department of Commerce press release. Commerce Secretary Evans Promotes U.S. Trade and Investment in Morocco.
  • April 23, 2002. White House transcipt. Remarks by the President and His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco in Photo Opportunity at The Oval Office.
  • US Department of State. US Embassy Page on US-Morocco Free Trade Agreement.
  • U.S. Department of Commerce. US Commercial Service page on US-Morocco Free Trade Agreement.

• NGO Documents

  • June, 1006. 3D -> Trade, Human Rights, Equitable Economy. Access to Affordable Drugs: Morocco’s FTA Implementation Must Not Negatively Affect The Poor.
  • April 8, 2004. Robert Weissman for Essential Action. Comments on the Intellectual Property Chapter of the U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement and the Impact on Access to Medicines.
  • February 18, 2004. Human Rights Watch. Letter to Robert Zoellick.
  • January 28, 2004. ACT-UP Paris press release. US-Morocco Free-Trade Agreement: Longer Monopolies, Shorter Lives.
  • November 4, 2003. ACT-UP Paris press release. The Morocco-US Free Trade Agreement: A Death Sentence for Moroccan Patients a nd the Local Pharmaceutical Industry.
  • November 3, 2003. Association de Lutte Contre le Sida. COMMUNIQUE DE L'ALCS.

• EU Documents

  • February 19, 2004. Petition launched by a dozen EU Deputies. The US-Morocco free-trade agreement: health is not a commodity.
  • February 12, 2004. Statement by Didier Claude Rod of the EU Greens. US trade policy threatens the lives of millions.

• Business Organizations

  • April 7, 2004. IFAC-3 Report on the US-Morocco Free Trade Agreement.
  • November 22, 2002. American Chamber of Commerce in Morocco. Written Comments to the Office of the US Trade Representative on the Proposed US-Morocco Free Trade Agreement.

• News Stories

  • January 12, 2005. Middle East Online. Moroccan drug industry slams US free-trade deal.
  • July 2, 2004. Martin Vaughan for National Journal's Congress Daily. Thomas Wants House To Pass Morocco Pact Before Break.
  • March 18, 2004. Khatoun Haidar for the Daily Star. Moroccans unsettled by free-trade deal with US: Agreement leaves analysts skeptical about disparity between 2 markets.
  • March 4, 2004. Reuters. US, Morocco reach free trade agreement.
  • March 3, 2004. Harry Dunphy for the Associated Press. U.S., Morocco Sign Free-Trade Agreement.
  • March 2, 2004. Jeffrey Sparshott for the Washington Times. U.S., Morocco seek free trade.
  • December 6, 2003. Khabir Ahmad for the Lancet. USA-Morocco deal on extending drug patents.
  • March 5, 2003. ArabicNews.com. Over 40 US firms voice support to Morocco-US FTA.
  • October 28, 2002. ArabicNews.com. US official: US-Morocco free trade agreement project reflects Morocco's strategic importance.

• Excerpt from 2003 Submission to the USTR for the Special 301 Report.
• Excerpt from 2001 Submission to the USTR for the Special 301 Report.

• Patents Law of Morocco, 1916
• Primer on Moroccan Patent Law from Abu-Ghazaleh Intellectual Property.