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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