A new ESCWA brief warns that new U.S. tariffs threaten $22 billion in Arab non-oil exports, with Morocco, Egypt, Jordan, and Tunisia facing $114 million in additional sovereign interest payments in 2025. Moroccan exports, however, may benefit from shifting U.S. trade dynamics, gaining ground as Chinese and Indian goods face higher tariffs.
Donald Trump's return to the White House is raising concerns in Spain, where officials fear the 47th U.S. president could order the relocation of some 3,000 troops and naval vessels from the Rota base to Morocco.
Can Morocco succeed in having the Polisario Front listed as a terrorist organization by the United States? As tensions escalate in the Sahara and the Sahel, Rachid Benlabbah, a Moroccan academic and specialist in Sahara and Sahel studies at the University Institute of African, Euro-Mediterranean, and Ibero-American Studies in Rabat, examines the legal, political, and security dynamics of Morocco's diplomatic offensive against a militarized Polisario and a weakened Algeria.
The Algerians have spared no effort in trying to win over President Donald Trump, even going so far as to grant the exploitation rights for the Gara Djebilet iron mine in the Tindouf region. Under the terms of the 1972 agreement between King Hassan II and President Boumediene, half of the mine was to be allocated to Morocco.
Discussions about Islam and Muslims were part of the United States’ history since the the country’s founding. America’s Founding Fathers were the first to accept the religion and declare that they «have no enmity against it».
A recent survey reveals that the U.S. State Department’s «stop work order» for all foreign assistance has caused immediate disruptions for local Moroccan associations, with many facing canceled activities, unpaid salaries, and financial instability. MRA urges the lifting of the funding freeze and calls for clearer communication from U.S. contractors to mitigate the harm.
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