The Stakes and Challenges of Promoting the Algerian Exports under the African Continental Free Trade Zone

Abstract

This study aims to determine and analyse the stakes and challenges facing the promotion of Algerian exports within the framework of the African Continental Free Trade Zone. In order to achieve that, this study uses the historical research method to trace the emergence and paths of the African Continental Free Trade Zone and Algeria's accession to it. It also uses the analytical research method to analyse the stakes and challenges facing the Algerian exports. The study concluded that the most important stakes and challenges are: the existence of economic blocs in Africa, which preceded the African Free Trade Area; the weakness of logistical capabilities and traderelated infrastructure in Algeria; the weakness and absence of trade-related infrastructure in other Africancountries; the subordination of many African economies to Western countries; the large number of disputes and political instability in the African countries; the weakness of competitiveness of Algerian products as a result of their dependence on imported inputs; in addition to many issues related to the African Free Trade Zone, which has not yet been completed