MOROCCO TOBACCO EXPORTERS LOOK TO OPPORTUNITIES IN EU TRADE DEAL
May 1st, 2013
THE MOROCCAN Society of Tobacco (formerly Imperial Tobacco Maroc) has welcomed the launch of negotiations between the European Union (EU) and Morocco to forge a so-called ‘deep and comprehensive free trade agreement’ (DCFTA) between them. The deal would remove trade regulations and harmonise industrial standards, noted Ghassan Khaber, communications and institutional relations manager at the north African country’s dominant tobacco manufacturer. He hoped the agreement would ease the procedures involved in trading tobacco across the Strait of Gibraltar. ...
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