Question to the Department for International Trade:

To ask the Secretary of State for International Trade, what steps she has taken to increase trade with the Kingdom of Morocco this year.

Bilateral trade between the United Kingdom and Morocco was worth £1.8 billion in the four quarters to the end of Q3 2021, up £124 million on the same period the previous year. Our trade relationship is underpinned by the United Kingdom-Morocco Association Agreement. The Association Council met in December 2021 to discuss commercial opportunities and to establish a new trade sub-committee, tasked with identifying opportunities to enhance trade and investment and to address market access barriers.

The United Kingdom already has a Bilateral Investment Treaty with Morocco, which came into force in 2002. The Association Agreement, which came into effect on 1^st January 2021, contains provisions on investment too.