Moroccan employers union, Tunisian peer plead for Maghreban business integration
Maghreb-Morocco, Economics, 3/25/2003

Moroccan economic operators and Tunisian peers stressed that the only way for the Maghreb region (north Africa) to meet challenges of sustainable development goes through combined efforts by entrepreneurs, in an international juncture marked by industrial delocalization towards emerging countries.

"Morocco can't wield power on the international economic arena, nor can Tunisia face, on its own, the challenges of deadly competition, launched by economic groupings based on quality/price and the reduction of products delivery time," said on Monday the Chairman of Morocco's employers union (CGEM), Hassan Chami, at the opening ceremony of the Moroccan-Tunisian economic encounter.

"Our future is in our hands," stressed Chami, noting that "the time where national markets were protected is gone."

The President of the Tunisian employers union (UTICA), Hedi Djilani said that the integration of similar sectors in the two states "must be seen as a necessity if we want to continue to exist in a world that's undergoing a radical change."

The plenary of this encounter organized under the slogan: "Invest Together," was preceded by a meeting of the Moroccan-Tunisian Business Council wherein representatives of CGEM and Tunisian peers examined the progress of their economic relations.

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