During the first quarter of 2024, Asia emerged as the primary receiver of Qatar’s exports with an 81 percent share of the country’s total exports. Following behind Asia were the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries with 8.9 percent of Qatar’s exports and the European Union with 6.7 percent of total exports.

Twenty years ago, on June 15, 2004, the United States and the Kingdom of Morocco signed the US-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which was implemented on January 1, 2006. The FTA was aimed at promoting bilateral trade and economic growth and improving investment opportunities between the two economies. After two decades, it is essential to highlight some of its successes, its challenges, and the prospects of free trade with Rabat, especially within the context of the US-Morocco FTA.

AD Ports Group and the International Trade Centre (ITC), the joint agency of the UN and World Trade Organization (WTO), have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to cooperate on trade facilitation, digital trade, logistics and transport, which will be carried out through policy dialogue, digital trade solutions, capacity building, experience sharing and technical assistance.  Both parties will use various solutions to simplify trade with the aim of improving the efficiency of the transport, maritime, ports and logistics sectors in the UAE, Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) and developing