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Europe–Africa Connectivity Outlook 2021: Post-Covid-19 Challenges and Strategic Opportunities [1]

IAI Papers [2]

Europe–Africa Connectivity Outlook 2021: Post-Covid-19 Challenges and Strategic Opportunities

[3]
Authors:
Michaël Tanchum [4]
10/05/2021

The European Union stands at a critical junction in the international scramble to establish Europe–Africa commercial corridors. Morocco, Algeria and Egypt are the geopolitical gatekeepers in the competition for three emerging corridors: Morocco’s West Africa–Western Europe corridor, an Algeria-anchored Central Maghreb corridor and an Egypt-based East Africa-Eastern/Central Europe corridor. Undeterred by the Covid-19 pandemic, China, Russia, Turkey and the Arab Gulf states have expanded their economic investments in these countries, reshaping the configuration of the trans-Mediterranean corridors. North Africa’s leading foreign partners will be the countries that invest in local manufacturing on a strategically significant scale to create manufacturing value chains. The EU still retains a window of opportunity to influence the direction of Europe–Africa connectivity to promote European priorities and ensure European interests.

Paper prepared in the context of the New-Med Research Network, May 2021.

iaip2120.pdf [3]

Details

  • Details

    Rome, IAI, May 2021, 31 p.
  • In:
    IAI Papers [2]
  • Issue

    21|20
  • ISBN/ISSN/DOI:
    978-88-9368-194-0

Table of contents

Introduction
1. The West Africa–Western Europe Corridor: The model of Morocco
1.1 The future Western Corridor: Between Europe and the Western Sahara
2. The Central Maghreb corridor: Post-Covid challenges
2.1 China’s opportunity in the Central Maghreb corridor
2.2 Algeria’s challenge to establish manufacturing value chains
3. The advance of Egypt’s East Africa–Eastern/Central Europe corridor
3.1 Egypt’s automotive manufacturing sector: An emerging EV value chain
3.2 The Egypt–Greece partnership – An opportunity for the EU
Conclusion
References


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[1] https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/c03/europe-africa-connectivity-outlook-2021-post-covid-19-challenges-and-strategic [2] https://www.iai.it/en/pubblicazioni/lista/all/iai-papers [3] https://www.iai.it/sites/default/files/iaip2120.pdf [4] https://www.iai.it/en/persone/michael-tanchum