The European Economic Community is due to sign next month preferential trade agreements with three North African countries–Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia. The EEC Council of Ministers approved Tuesday the agreement with Algeria. Agreements with the other two states were approved last year.
These agreements include industrial and agricultural EEC concessions as well as protocols on foreign workers belonging to the three states in Western Europe and an accord on financial cooperation. The EEC has also granted Algeria financial assistance amounting to $140 million, $25 million of which is an outright gift. The EEC is due to open negotiations with Egypt on Jan. 28 and with Jordan and Syria a few days later. Israel’s own agreement with the EEC has been enforced since last July.
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