Arab Mediterranean Free Trade Agreement

1. Introduction to the Arab Mediterranean Free Trade Agreement (Agadir Agreement)
2. Members of the Agadir Agreement: Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestine and Tunisia
3. Agadir Technical Unit
4. Barcelona Process
5. Egypt-Jordan-Morocco-Tunisia Agreement
6. The Agadir Agreement and the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean System of Accumulation of Origin
7. Foreign Trade between Agadir countries
8. International Trade with the European Union
9. Case Study:
   1. Doing Business in Jordan
   2. Automotive sector under the Arab-Mediterranean Agreement

The Subject “Arab Mediterranean Free Trade Agreement (Agadir Agreement)” is included within the curriculum of the following academic programs at EENI Global Business School:

Module: Maghreb.

Master in Business in Africa, International Business, Foreign Trade.

Doctorate in African Business.

Languages: or Acuerdo de Agadir Accord d'Agadir Acordo de Agadir.

Arab Mediterranean Free Trade Agreement

The Arab Mediterranean Free Trade Agreement (FTA) was initiated in Agadir (Morocco) in 2001 by four Arab Mediterranean countries: Jordan, Morocco, Palestine, Tunisia, and Egypt.

The Agadir Agreement creates a free trade zone of 120 million consumers.

The objectives of the Arab Mediterranean Free Trade Agreement are:

1. To set-up a Free Trade Area between Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia and the European Union
2. To boost Foreign Trade between Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia and between them and the European Union
3. The economic development and integration through the implementation of the Pan-Euro-Med Rules of Origin
4. To attract Foreign Direct Investment

The Agadir agreement, which lies within the spirit of the Barcelona process (EU), it is one of the regional preferential Trade Agreements of the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean System.

The Agadir Agreement and the Pan-Euro-Mediterranean System of Accumulation of origin.

Sample:

In the Euro-Mediterranean area, the implementation of a diagonal accumulation of origin is governed by the rule known as “variable geometry.” This rule stipulates that the economies in this area cannot cumulate the origin unless the Trade Agreements including a Pan-Euro-Mediterranean protocol origin apply to them.

The Agadir agreement belongs to:

1. African Civilization
2. Islamic Civilization