The West has for long advocated free trade, but as globalization wanes serious trade protectionist measures are implemented in the EU in particular, targeting industrial goods from Morocco and other developing nations, trade minister Ryad Mezzour said. Italy argues that the cars had Italian flags that could wrongfully indicate they were made in Italy. We should not depend on others and we have to work to reinforce our trade with African countries,” said the minister at the conference on the Atlantic initiative launched by Morocco’s King to bolster regional integration. Europe and the West which have advocated globalization are now sealing their markets as developing nations like Morocco start to export high value goods, he said. Morocco’s agricultural goods have also suffered from protectionist moves that verges on vandalism as trucks carrying Moroccan tomatoes have been attacked by angry French farmers last week.
