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Article: Morocco to Discuss Free Trade with United States.
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- Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
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- January 22, 2003
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By Jeffrey Sparshott, The Washington Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News
Jan. 22--The Bush administration is trying to signal its support for tolerant Muslim countries through a free-trade agreement with Morocco, the United States' top trade official said yesterday.
U.S. Trade Representative Robert B. Zoellick and Morocco's Foreign Affairs Minister Taib Fassi-Fihri yesterday announced the start of negotiations on a trade pact between the northern African country and the United States.
"This U.S.-Morocco [free-trade agreement] will send a powerful signal to the rest of the Muslim world that President Bush is committed to supporting ...