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The Euro-Mediterranean Free Trade Area (EMFTA) is a free trade zone under construction since the Barcelona Declaration, a framework plan, was adopted in 1995. It is being built through a series of bilateral FTAs (called Association Agreements) between Brussels and each state bordering the Mediterranean, as well as so-called horizontal FTAs between the non-EU Mediterranean countries themselves, such as the Agadir Agreement.
The countries in question are Algeria, Egypt, Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, Palestinian Territories, Syria, Tunisia and Turkey. (Libya is left out of the EMFTA plan as such, but will be served a separate bilateral trade and investment deal from the EU.) Many people view the EU’s ambitions to build this special "partnership" with North African and Middle Eastern states — which involves not only trade and investment liberalisation but deep political reform, what Brussels calls "approximation" of other countries’ legal and political institutions with its own — as both imperialist and neocolonial. This is all the more significant taking into account the United States’ plans to weave together a US-Middle East Free Trade Agreement (MEFTA). For the two are in direct competition. EMFTA was supposed to be completed by 2010. However, a sustainability impact assessment of EMFTA commissioned by the EU already foresees important negative social and environmental consequences. Complicating things further, French President Sarkozy took the initiative to set up a Union for the Mediterranean, involving only the countries that border the sea, which was launched in July 2008. Further still, questions have been arising as to why the EU does not merge its Mediterranean FTA initiative with its GCC FTA initiative. In September 2011, the EU announced the opening of "deep and comprehensive" trade negotiations with Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia. In February 2012, the EU and Morocco signed an agricultural trade deal (which also covers fisheries). Critics have noted that the agreement will promote the exploitation of the disputed territory of Western Sahara, that the main benefactors will be transnational companies and the King of Morocco, and that small farmers will suffer under the deal. last update: May 2012 Articles
Le Maroc et l’Union européenne ont convenu de l’ouverture, le 23 avril, de nouvelles négociations sur les conditions d’accès des fruits et légumes marocains au marché européen. 
Le Maroc est vent debout contre une décision de Bruxelles modifiant les conditions d’accès des fruits et légumes extra-communautaires au marché européen, une mesure qui pourrait sérieusement nuire au secteur agricole du royaume, ont affirmé mardi des responsables. 
In a letter addressed to the representatives of the European Commission, FIDH, CNCD 11.11.11 and Aitec express their concerns on the way human rights are taken into account in the impact assessment regarding the future DCFTA between the EU and Egypt. 
Des représentants de la CGEM ont eu des entretiens avec les responsables européens pour les négociations de l’Accord de libre-échange complet et approfondi.
EU seeks wider free trade agreement with Egypt
| 11-February-2014
The European Union wants to restart talks with Egypt over a wider free trade deal that could help double the value of commercial exchanges in the next few years, the EU ambassador to Cairo said on Monday. 
Le Maroc craint de voir s’aggraver son déficit commercial s’il signe l’Accord de Libre Échange Complet et Approfondi (ALECA) avec l’Union européenne 
Le gouvernement néerlandais a demandé à la Commission Européenne de fournir des éclaircissements sur ses importations de tomates en provenance du Sahara Occidental, selon le ministre néerlandais des Affaires Étrangères.
ALECA Maroc-UE : 3e round de négociations du 20 au 24 janvier à Rabat
| 16-January-2014
Cet accord a pour objectif principal de faciliter l’intégration progressive de l’économie marocaine dans le marché intérieur de l’UE.
L’impact économique du futur accord de libre-échange entre les 28 et le Maroc sera quasi nul pour l’Europe
| 16-December-2013
Ll’étude d’impact réalisée par le cabinet néerlandais Ecorys estime que le futur accord complet et approfondi (ALECA) que négocient le Maroc et l’Union européenne n’aura pratiquemet pas d’effet économique pour l’Europe. Le Maroc lui devrait gagner plus de 1,3% de PIB.
Jordan, EU launch negotiations for free trade agreement
| 5-December-2013
European Commission President José Manuel Barroso and His Majesty King Abdullah launched negotiations between Jordan and the EU over a comprehensive free trade agreement, reports Jordan Times 0 | 10 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | ... | 180 | archives |
Le département de la Seine Saint Denis déclaré « zone hors partenariat transatlantique de commerce et d’investissement »
| 14-Apr-2014
Taiwan’s students head to the streets with sunflowers to protest closer ties with China
| 27-Mar-2014
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