MEDI1TV Afrique : JT Economie - 10/03/2025
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00:00A new budget envelope of more than 3.27 billion dirhams was allocated to the funding of the
00:20project of the extension of the Tanger airport Ibn Battuta. This extension aims to triple the
00:25capacity of the airport, which will go from 2 to 7 million passengers per year. The project is
00:31framed by a partnership agreement between several entities, including the National Office of
00:37Airports and the Willaya of the Tanger region, Tietouan al-Husayma. The work, which will extend
00:42over nearly 199 hectares, will include the construction of a new passenger terminal,
00:47a new control tower for parking, aircraft and vehicles, as well as the installation of
00:52modern equipment such as e-gates and smart systems. A new access route will also be
00:58planned. In national economic news, Morocco will also benefit from a loan from France
01:06of 781 million euros, or 8 billion dirhams, to finance the purchase of 18 high-speed trains
01:13manufactured by Alstom. According to the French embassy, the French manufacturer will provide the
01:19ANCF with two-story trains that can carry 640 passengers at a speed of 320 km per hour.
01:27The ANCF aims to extend its network in order to double the number of cities served to reach
01:3343, i.e. 87 percent of the Moroccan population by 2040. These trains are part of a plan
01:41aiming to extend the rail network at high speed from Kenitra to Marrakech before the
01:46World Cup in 2030, which Morocco will host with Spain and Portugal.
01:54And then the economic news, it is also the commercial deficit in France, which remained
02:00stable in January compared to December, at 5.6 billion euros after three consecutive months of
02:07improvement. According to French customs, this stability is due to unchanged
02:12export and import amounts compared to December, respectively 50.7 billion euros and 56.3 billion euros.
02:21In total, over 12 months, the commercial deficit has fallen by 300 million euros after
02:28having already improved by 3.1 billion in December to reach 80.4 billion euros.
02:35In January, the energy bill in France soared by 100 million euros after a continuous improvement
02:42since last June. This increase is compensated for by an improvement of the same amount of
02:47sales of manufactured goods exchanged by exports.
02:53We stay in Europe, economic growth in the euro zone has been re-evaluated at a
02:59for the year 2024 at 0.9% against 0.7% previously according to Eurostat in a third estimate.
03:09The European Statistical Office has also revised in Eurostat for the second time the growth
03:15of gross domestic product in the fourth quarter at 0.2% compared to the previous three months.
03:21Eurostat had first announced a zero growth at the end of January, then in mid-February a slight
03:26progression of 0.1%. The performance of the euro zone has been slumped at the end of the year by the
03:32bad conjunction within the first two economies of the block, namely Germany and France,
03:39which both recorded negative growth rates in the last quarter.
03:44For the whole of the European Union, growth has also been slightly reviewed at an increase
03:49of 0.9% compared to the previous year, at 1% instead of 0.9% announced so far by Eurostat.
03:57In our edition of this Monday, also the trade war that continues between the United States and China.
04:05New Chinese customs rights must apply from Monday on a whole range of American agricultural products.
04:12Decided, a last decree by Donald Trump aimed at Beijing.
04:16After imposing additional customs rights of 10% against all Chinese products,
04:22Donald Trump decided on March 3 to bring them to 20%. China responded in the wake by announcing
04:28the same-type taxes against products from American agriculture, such as chicken,
04:33wheat, corn and cotton. They will be taxed at 15% more, while seafood,
04:40fruit, vegetables and dairy products will be taxed at 10% more.
04:45Since his return to the White House in January, the President of the United States has announced
04:49a series of customs rights against his main trading partners,
04:54including China, Canada and Mexico. China is also the country with the
04:59most important trade surplus with the United States for goods.