Morocco is not a signatory to the OECD Convention on Combating Bribery. A bilateral investment treaty between the United States and Morocco took effect on May 29, 1991. Morocco has similar agreements with Austria, Gabon, Germany, France, Italy, Kuwait, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Tunisia, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. Similar agreements are in effect with the agencies of France, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and Switzerland. Labor Unskilled labor is generally plentiful and inexpensive.
Employers are free to negotiate wages and salaries, subject to the minimum wage law.
There are, however, shortages of certain skilled workers. The Moroccan constitution gives workers the right to organize, bargain collectively and strike, although the conditions under which workers can strike have yet to be defined. The new government in Morocco has created a tri-partite council of labor, business and government to reduce labor discord and increase economic efficiency. There is a free trade zone in Tangier in northwestern Morocco. The zone is open to both Moroccan and foreign companies.