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Larabi Jaidi « La ZLECAF est un projet ambitieux…qui se heurte, toutefois, à des obstacles »

July 15, 2019
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Africa

Senior fellow, Larabi Jaidi, nous fait part de sa perception du projet de la Zone de Libre-Echange du Continent Africain. A ce titre, il répond à un certain nombre de question, dont : Dans quelle mesure la ZLECAF pourrait-elle booster le commerce intra-africain et faire augmenter le PIB des pays du Continent ? et D’après des analystes, le succès de la mise en œuvre de la Zlecaf dépendra de l’issue des négociations sur les règles d’origine. Quel est votre pronostic à propos de ces négociations ? Il qualifie ainsi la ZLECAF de « projet ambitieux », « de long horizon dans le temps » mais qui est face, comme tout autre processus d’intégration, à un certain nombre d’obstacles qu’il faudrait lever. On en cite ; les obstacles tarifaires, qualité des produits, normes sanitaires, contrôle douanier, logistique, etc. Il souligne également le « grand obstacle à cet élargissement » [qui] réside dans la capacité de l’offre africaine ; diversification, et politique de développement dans chacun des pays pouvant générer une complémentarité de l’échange.

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Larabi Jaïdi
Senior Fellow
Larabi Jaïdi is a Senior Fellow at the Policy Center for the New South and an Affiliate Professor at Mohammed VI Polytechnic University. His areas of expertise include international economy, economic policies, international economic relations, regional economies, social development, international relations, and Mediterranean studies. He also served on the Special Commission on the New Development Model of Morocco, a consultative body created in November 2019 to formulate the country's new developmental guidelines. Jaïdi is a former Professor at Mohamed V University in Rabat-Agdal and a founding member of both the Centre Marocain de Conjoncture and the Groupement d’Etudes et de Recherches sur la Méditerranée.   Prof. Jaïdi previously served as Advisor to the Prime Minister an ...

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