Euro-Mediterranean free trade area

The Agadir Agreement of 2004 (FTA between Jordan, Tunisia, Morocco, Egypt) was seen as its first building block. Further steps were envisioned into the European Neighbourhood policy (ENP) Action plans negotiated between the European Union and the partner states on the southern shores of the Mediterranean Sea, mostly with Arab League member states. The initial aim was to create a matrix of Free Trade Agreements between each of the partners and the others. Then a single free trade area was to be formed, including the European Union. == Partners ==

• European Union • Turkey (maintains a Customs Union with the EU) • Morocco (member of the Arab League and the Arab Maghreb Union) • Algeria (member of the Arab League and the Arab Maghreb Union) • Tunisia (member of the Arab League and the Arab Maghreb Union) • Egypt (member of the Arab League) • Jordan (member of the Arab League) • Lebanon (member of the Arab League) • Israel • Palestinian National Authority (member of the Arab League) == Prospective partners ==

• Syria (Member of the Arab League) • Libya (member of the Arab League and the Arab Maghreb Union) • Gulf Cooperation Council • Iraq (Member of the Arab League) • Mauritania (member of the Arab League and the Arab Maghreb Union) • United Kingdom (Former member of the EU) ==FTA progress==