MOROCCO: OPPOSITION TO FREE TRADE IN SPAIN; THE EU: BETWEEN FREE TRADE AND A STRONG FARMING LOBBY.

From: IPR Strategic Business Information Database | Date: February 17, 2000 | Copyright information

According to the North Africa Journal, trucks moving from Morocco into Spain have been the subject of attacks from assailants in the southern Spanish town of Algesiras. These events began on January 25 and are continuing in spite of police intervention, poisoning the diplomatic relations between the two countries. Algesiras is a hostile place for Morocco's exporters and truck companies. Some 2,000 Spanish farmers have moved into the port of Algesiras blocking the entry of trucks ...

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