The proposed modifications to the United States-Morocco Free Trade Agreement (U.S.-Morocco FTA) rules of origin are likely to have a negligible effect on U.S. imports from Morocco, total U.S. trade and U.S. industry, reports the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) in its publication, Probable Economic Effect of Certain Modifications to the U.S.-Morocco FTA Rules of Origin.

The USITC, an independent, nonpartisan, factfinding federal agency, produced the report at the request of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR).

As requested, the report provides advice on the probable economic effects of the proposed modifications to the U.S.-Morocco FTA rules of origin on U.S. trade under the U.S.-Morocco FTA, on total U.S. trade, and on domestic producers of certain textile and apparel articles. Specifically, the proposed modifications cover women’s and girl’s dresses, skirts, blouses, tops, shirts, shirt-blouses, and pants.

Probable Economic Effect of Certain Modifications to the U.S.-Morocco FTA Rules of Origin (Inv. No. U.S.-Morocco FTA 103-030, USITC Publication 4662, February 2017) is available at https://www.usitc.gov/publications/332/pub4662.pdf.