MEDI1TV Afrique : LE GRAND JOURNAL MIDI - 05/04/2025
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00:00This Saturday marks the start of the new customs tariffs imposed by the Trump administration.
00:27Since this morning, most of the products imported by the United States are targeted by additional customs rights. Details in a few moments.
00:37Basse-Roudian-Maïfaïa assures having done everything to bring back Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger in the sub-regional organization.
00:45The Senegalese president has declared that the three AIS countries are free of their choice.
00:51Morocco will go back to GMT plus 1 as soon as this weekend.
00:56This time adjustment, which comes into force this Sunday at 2am, is not unanimous.
01:03See you in a moment for the development.
01:08Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the start of the new tariffs imposed by the United States on the rest of the world.
01:15Since this morning, most of the products imported by the United States on the rest of the world are targeted by additional customs rights.
01:26At least 10%.
01:28This is an outcry for global trade, which must be amplified in the days to come.
01:34This universal 10% tariff, of which some products are exempt, is added to the customs taxes that existed in advance.
01:43Moreover, Morocco inherits oil from this minimum 10% rate.
01:47According to the UN, this increase in customs rights will hit the vulnerable and the poor.
01:56Morocco is also concerned by the entry into force of the new customs tariffs imposed by the United States.
02:02Let's listen to the analysis made by economist Mohamed Benchikroun.
02:07But now, with these protectionist measures, Morocco will indeed suffer a harmful effect.
02:13A harmful effect that will remain secondary because it is not an economy that is influential, that has a geoeconomic weight at first.
02:25But this does not mean that Morocco, like all other countries, will suffer a shock in terms of inflation,
02:32in terms of economic slowdown, in terms of slowdown of foreign investments.
02:38Now, in relation to the bilateral relationship between the United States and Morocco,
02:44this 10% imposition will have an elastic effect.
02:48That is to say that the increase in prices will have an elastic effect on the attractiveness of Moroccan products.
02:55Since what we export to a weak will add qualitative value and which is easily replaceable,
03:04this will create a negative impact.
03:07Now it is up to the role of the government to play a paternalist, protective role,
03:14to apply a national economic patriotic policy to protect the tissue of Moroccan countries
03:21that export to the North American market in order to consolidate their exports,
03:26in order to consolidate their solidity,
03:28and so that we can actually cross this storm with the least possible damage.
03:36With the city of Marrakech, which houses the 14th to 16th of April,
03:40Gitex Africa, Morocco, is like a regional digital pole.
03:44Gitex is a showcase that allows the world to discover the talents and digital and technological potentials of Africa.
03:51At a press conference dedicated to the presentation of this event,
03:56the Minister-Delegate in charge of the digital transition and the reform of the administration,
04:01Amal El Fala Chegrouchny, whom I invite you to listen to, and Mohamed Rissi Meliani.
04:08It is a unique opportunity on the African continent to discuss, debate,
04:13present products, create contacts, do networking, etc., in the field of digital, of course.
04:22So everything that is exchange, as I said two minutes ago,
04:29this year we welcome 1,400 start-ups.
04:35Compared to the first edition, we were at 400 start-ups.
04:38So that means that there is an extraordinary enthusiasm,
04:41and perhaps also a productivity of Moroccan start-ups,
04:47which will be not only Moroccan, but many Moroccan start-ups,
04:50which will be present at this Gitex.
04:53Our ministry accompanies Moroccan start-ups, we have selected 200,
04:58for which we have financed the stand up to 95% of the cost of the stand.
05:05And so these Moroccan start-ups will be able to present their products,
05:11exchange worldwide on what they are doing in the field of digital.
05:16As you know, we have a space of less than two years.
05:20This event was able to position our country, the African continent,
05:25as an important hub at the global level of tech,
05:29and also to position our country as the host of the largest tech event in the African continent,
05:38but also in the region.
05:40So, as you have seen, this edition,
05:46it includes the participation of investors,
05:51the largest investors in the field of digital at the international level,
05:55governments, private companies,
05:58but also innovative start-ups and young companies in the field of digital.
06:04This great mass is also not a simple exhibition hall,
06:10but it is a lever, a platform that allows all participants to exchange expertise,
06:15but also to promote investment in the field of digital,
06:18but also to strengthen human capabilities in the field of digital development.
06:22So it is a great event, which mainly aims to use digital as a lever
06:29to help Morocco and African countries to use it as a lever for their socio-economic development.
06:36In Gaza, where the death of 15 rescuers after Israeli shots against their convoy on March 20
06:44raises new questions about the commission of war crimes by the Israeli army,
06:50the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights estimates.
06:53I am horrified by the deaths of 15 humanitarian workers,
06:58said Volker Turk in front of the UN Security Council.
07:02Among them are eight members of the Palestinian Red Crescent and one of the UN.
07:08The bodies were found near the lighthouse,
07:11in what the UN Office of Humanitarian Affairs described as a false commune.
07:20Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, who left the CDAO, are free to declare Friday,
07:28the Senegalese President Bassio Odiom Haifaï,
07:31who is sure to have done everything to bring them back to the sub-regional organization.
07:35At the beginning of July 2024, the head of the Senegalese state was appointed mediator by the CDAO
07:41with these three states led by soldiers.
07:44I pleaded for people to gather around a table and discuss
07:49to preserve the chances of maintaining a strong sub-regional organization.
07:54This was declared during an interview with the local press
07:57during the celebration of the Independence Day of Senegal.
08:04Ladies and gentlemen, if you are in Morocco, you will have to adjust your watches.
08:08The time will be 60 minutes ahead from this Sunday at 2 a.m.
08:13A return to the GMT plus 1 schedule, which does not do the unanimity with the Moroccans
08:18than to meet Mohamed Richi in this story of Dina Brini.
08:25Morocco returns to GMT plus 1 this Sunday, April 6, at 2 a.m.
08:29ahead of the 60-minute time.
08:32This alternation between the two schedules arouses debate
08:35and does not do the unanimity with the population.
08:39Some appreciate this return to the time of summer
08:42and others point out the negative repercussions of GMT plus 1
08:45on their health and quality of life.
08:49As far as I am concerned, I do not feel any difference
08:53whether we move forward or backwards.
08:56It is just a question of organization and adaptation of sleep hours, in my opinion.
09:05Frankly, we are overwhelmed by this time change every time.
09:09I prefer that we remain stable on a single schedule,
09:12either GMT or GMT plus 1, throughout the year.
09:18Opponents to this change evoke the negative effects of this time
09:21on the mental and physical health of students,
09:24especially during the winter, when parents have a hard time
09:27accompanying their children in the dark.
09:30This additional time also has repercussions on the quality of sleep,
09:33which leads to chronic fatigue and a significant reduction
09:36in productivity during the day.
09:42This additional time could have a positive effect on the economy,
09:46but we, as citizens, do not ask what its use is.
09:49Personally, I find that this change has repercussions
09:52on the mental and physical health of several families.
10:02We have worked easily during the month of Ramadan with GMT.
10:05The time change affects our productivity.
10:12Despite growing criticism, the Moroccan government
10:15continues to justify the maintenance of the time of summer.
10:18Two main arguments are advancing, namely the alignment
10:21with the schedules of European trading partners
10:24and the management of energy consumption.
10:28This concludes this news.
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