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FTA Threatens Asian Share Of Growing Auto Market

May 2010 | Industry News

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A free trade agreement (FTA) with the EU threatens the dominant share that Asian carmakers control in Morocco, a market that BMI forecasts will grow over 40% by 2014.

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