El acuerdo de libre comercio entre Marruecos y Estados Unidos y los actores internos no gubernamentales de la política exterior marroquí

From the Moroccan point of view, the negotiation of the free trade agreement with the United States (2003-2004) can be analysed as a two-level game, for some nongovernmental domestic actors had a certain influence in its domestic dimension. The Confédération Générale des Entreprises du Maroc (CGEM), which had recently managed to be recognized as the main representative organization of Moroccan employers and to be formally associated to the policymaking process of foreign economic policy, stands out among them. Thanks to the mechanisms established by the Moroccan negotiating team in order to facilitate coordination with the private sector, the CGEM could take part, with uneven results, in previous consultations aiming to define the Moroccan proposals, in the different rounds of negotiations and in the implementation of accompanying measures.