Return to table of contentsChapter 1: Doing Business in Morocco • Market Overview • Market Challenges • Market Opportunities • Market Entry StrategyMarket Overview Return to topThe U.S.-Moroccan Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which went into effect in 2006, is oneof the most comprehensive free trade agreements that the U.S. has ever negotiated.Morocco is the second Arab and first African nation to have an FTA with the U.S. TheFTA provides U.S. exporters increased access to the Moroccan market by eliminatingtariffs on 95% of currently traded consumer and industrial goods and levels the playingfield with European competition. It provides enhanced protection for U.S. intellectualproperty, including trademarks and digital copyrights, expanded protection for patentsand product approval information and tough penalties for piracy and counterfeiting.Morocco is steadily progressing toward greater internal modernization