[ Quelques dimensions d'incohérence de la politique commerciale du Maroc avec ses politiques sectorielles internes ]
Volume 8, Issue 4, October 2014, Pages 1618–1635
Rachid Hasnaoui1 and Cheklekbire Malainine2
1 Professeur, Laboratoire Polyvalent en Recherche & Développement, Université Sultan Moulay Slimane, Faculté Polydisciplinaire Béni Mellal, Morocco
2 Professeur, Laboratoire Polyvalent en Recherche & Développement, Université Sultan Moulay Slimane, Faculté Polydisciplinaire Béni Mellal, Morocco
Original language: French
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Morocco signed a range of preferential agreements with more than fifty partners. However, the balance of trade with them, benefits to the partners of Morocco against the interests of Moroccan firms. Similarly, the conclusion of new trade agreements such as that with Canada or UEMOA will degrade the trade balance of Morocco and will worsen its deficit.
The present paper aims to show the problem of inconsistency between trade policy of Morocco and its sectoral policies: agricultural, industrial and fisheries; since for foreign trade policy, a tariff reform based on the reduction of tariffs was implemented while the effort to promote and diversify the industrial and agricultural supply has not received the same necessary logical care. The causes of incoherence relate in particular to the existence of a dislocated economic sector, disintegrated and weakly competitive. In other words, The lack of competitive firms, able to satisfy, at competitive rates, domestic demand, to able to satisfy, at competitive rates, domestic demand, to compete internationally, to create employment for young people and promote social progress. The existing mechanisms of action as sectoral plans implemented since a good ten years have failed to boost economic growth and to achieve the objectives of intended development.
The role of the state at this time should focus on two points: first to support financially businesses and second, to support the cost of poorly studied and less thoughtful trade openness. This is based mainly on free trade with powerful and competitive markets.
Author Keywords: trade deficit, preferential agreements, sectoral policies, moroocan trade policy, competitive capacity of Moroccan companies, tariff reform, role of the state, economic diplomacy.
Volume 8, Issue 4, October 2014, Pages 1618–1635
Rachid Hasnaoui1 and Cheklekbire Malainine2
1 Professeur, Laboratoire Polyvalent en Recherche & Développement, Université Sultan Moulay Slimane, Faculté Polydisciplinaire Béni Mellal, Morocco
2 Professeur, Laboratoire Polyvalent en Recherche & Développement, Université Sultan Moulay Slimane, Faculté Polydisciplinaire Béni Mellal, Morocco
Original language: French
Copyright © 2014 ISSR Journals. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Abstract
Morocco signed a range of preferential agreements with more than fifty partners. However, the balance of trade with them, benefits to the partners of Morocco against the interests of Moroccan firms. Similarly, the conclusion of new trade agreements such as that with Canada or UEMOA will degrade the trade balance of Morocco and will worsen its deficit.
The present paper aims to show the problem of inconsistency between trade policy of Morocco and its sectoral policies: agricultural, industrial and fisheries; since for foreign trade policy, a tariff reform based on the reduction of tariffs was implemented while the effort to promote and diversify the industrial and agricultural supply has not received the same necessary logical care. The causes of incoherence relate in particular to the existence of a dislocated economic sector, disintegrated and weakly competitive. In other words, The lack of competitive firms, able to satisfy, at competitive rates, domestic demand, to able to satisfy, at competitive rates, domestic demand, to compete internationally, to create employment for young people and promote social progress. The existing mechanisms of action as sectoral plans implemented since a good ten years have failed to boost economic growth and to achieve the objectives of intended development.
The role of the state at this time should focus on two points: first to support financially businesses and second, to support the cost of poorly studied and less thoughtful trade openness. This is based mainly on free trade with powerful and competitive markets.
Author Keywords: trade deficit, preferential agreements, sectoral policies, moroocan trade policy, competitive capacity of Moroccan companies, tariff reform, role of the state, economic diplomacy.
Abstract: (french)
Le Maroc a signé une panoplie des accords préférentiels avec une cinquantaine de partenaires. Toutefois le bilan des échanges avec ceux-ci profite aux partenaires au détriment des intérêts des entreprises marocaines. De même la conclusion de nouveaux accords commerciaux tels que celui avec le Canada ou l'UEMOA dégradera davantage la balance commerciale du Maroc et aggravera son déficit.
Le présent papier vise à montrer le problème d'incohérence entre la politique commerciale du Maroc et ses politiques sectorielles : agricole, industrielle et de la pêche ; puisqu'en matière de politique de commerce extérieur, une réforme tarifaire fondée sur la réduction des droits de douane a été mis en place alors que l'effort de promotion et de diversification de l'offre industrielle et agricole n'a pas reçu le même soin logique nécessaire. Les causes d'incohérence sont liés notamment à l'existence d'un secteur économique désarticulé, désintégré et faiblement compétitif. Autrement dit, l'absence d'entreprises performantes aptes à satisfaire, à des conditions compétitives, la demande intérieure, à affronter la concurrence internationale, à créer l'emploi aux jeunes et à favoriser le progrès social. Les mécanismes d'action existants et concernant les plans sectoriels mis en œuvre depuis une bonne dizaine d'années n'ont pas permis de relancer la croissance économique et d'atteindre les objectifs de développement escomptés.
Le rôle de l'Etat à l'heure actuelle doit être axé sur deux points : premièrement soutenir financièrement les entreprises et deuxièmement prendre en charge le coût d'une ouverture faiblement étudiée et réfléchie. Celle-ci est basée principalement sur le libre échange avec des marchés puissants et compétitifs.
Author Keywords: déficit commercial, accords préférentiels, politique commerciale marocaine, politiques sectorielles, capacités compétitives des entreprises marocaines, réforme tarifaire, rôle de l'Etat, diplomatie économique.
How to Cite this Article
Rachid Hasnaoui and Cheklekbire Malainine, “Some dimensions of incoherence of Moroccan trade policy with its internal sectoral policies,” International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies, vol. 8, no. 4, pp. 1618–1635, October 2014.
