Hicham Enhaili, Founder of MoroccoTomorrow
Next year will be the 225th anniversary of the formal recognition by the Kingdom of Morocco of the newly created United States of America. In 1777 Morocco became the first country to recognize the thirteen original colonies as a unified sovereign nation and ten years later, in 1787, the U.S. Congress ratified a Treaty of Peace and Friendship between the two nations. Renegotiated in 1836, this treaty is still in force and Morocco remains one of America’s oldest and closet allies in the Middle East and North Africa., representing the longest unbroken treaty relationship in U.S. history. Tangier is the home of the oldest U.S. diplomatic property in the world. Now a museum, the Tangier American Legation Museum is the only building on foreign soil that is now a U.S. National Historic Landmark.
In 2006, The United States strengthened its ties with Morocco by enacting a Free Trade Agreement which “eliminates duties on more than 95 percent of all goods and services.” Since passing the Moroccan Free Trade Agreement, the only such treaty within the MENA region, imports from Morocco to the U.S. have increased by over 44 percent and foreign direct investment in Morocco by U.S. interests are approaching $1 billion per year.
