Social Security taxes : Totalization agreement

A memo sent to you on February 17th regarding a proposal to address the double taxation question with regard to social security taxes between our two countries. Included in this analysis is a list of countries that have totalization agreements with the US and the ones Morocco has with other countries. There is a growing list of US companies that view this issue as an impediment to their decision to send US employees to Morocco to work on projects in Morocco. Do you have any interest to pursue this further with US companies and if so, could you give us an idea of whether there is an interest in Morocco to pursue an agreement with the US? There are several US companies waiting to make corporate joint venture decisions with Moroccan companies and any signal I could pass on from you would be appreciated. Thank you for your time and consideration of this request and sorry I forgot to bring it up last week when we were together.

I know the importance of this matter and I mentioned it in many of my contacts here. I have invited more than one month ago my ministry to work on a draft to propose to our american partners. I worked on models already signed with other countries.

The only problem is that these kind of agreements take some time because many administrations are involved.

By the way there was no meme attached.

It would be helpful to understand steps as we move forward so we can keep our the companies informed, and be able to provide a general understanding to them regarding progress, obstacles etc. Also, when appropriate I can have them meet with you on this subject to convey their direct interest and a sense of the problem. You also said in the email, “By the way there was no meme attached”. Do you mean the names of companies that have an interest in this subject? There are several companies/institutions which I can reveal at an appropriate time and also provide you with a list of more companies interested in joining in support. 

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