Morocco's Ministry of Economy and Finance has created a new Observatory for Prices and Competition to enhance market monitoring capabilities. This organizational reform centralizes data collection and price analysis within the Ministry while maintaining the Moroccan Competition Council's independent enforcement authority. The restructuring raises questions about how these parallel monitoring and enforcement functions will interact in practice.

The start of 2021 saw Morocco welcome a raft of major developments. Mid-month the third container terminal of the Tangier Med Port became operational with a capacity to handle 1.5 million...