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Morocco
The SAMIR affair, dating back to the refinery’s 2015 closure, has seen Morocco and Corral Holdings locked in a bitter dispute before the ICSID tribunal.
“Given the strategic sectors Morocco has chosen to develop, the agreement may never truly fulfill its potential,” a new analysis by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy finds.
Brazilian Senate approved a bilateral investment agreement with Morocco on Thursday. The deal, signed in 2019, aims to foster economic cooperation and provide legal protection for investors from both countries.
The UAE and Morocco have finalized the terms of a Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (CEPA).
The ICSID dismissed most of Corral Morocco Holding's claims against Morocco, amounting to $2.7 billion, awarding the group $150 million.
Morocco dismissed the claims, maintaining that the businessman was engaging in blackmail and illegal maneuvers to obstruct the liquidation process of Morocco’s sole oil refinery, Samir.
Agriculture and automobiles were the most important issues on the negotiating table between Rabat and Washington.
Morocco and the Republic of Korea signed a Joint Statement on the launch of exploratory discussions to establish a legal framework on trade and investment between the two countries.
The British government’s declaration of trade activities in Western Sahara as “legal” has stirred controversy, particularly in light of a proposal to establish a United Nations council for monitoring natural resources in the disputed territory.
The Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the European Union has this morning, 21 March 2024, published two Opinions in the appeal case on extending the EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement and Trade Liberalisation Agreement into Western Sahara.
