Integration of Regional Value Chains: Targeting and Positioning Strategies for Algeria

Regional integration in Africa has mainly taken place at the level of regional economic communities or at the sub-regional level and has progressed at an uneven pace. The rise of regionalism in the world accentuates the need to strengthen intra-African integration. (OECD). The relative failure of WTO agreements, deglobalization and the difficulty of certain countries, such as Algeria, to access the WTO, gives full meaning to a balkanization of trade agreements between smaller geographical blocs. This phenomenon, which is likely to lead to fragmentation and regionalization of international trade, advocates for the development of regionalized trade and the development of regionalized value chains. In this work, our objective is to reflect on the socio-economic prospects of Algeria in the context of the implementation of this agreement, which is necessary in order to better understand its instruments and its impact on Algeria’s foreign trade. The overall objective is to determine the main strategic axes by identifying: the threats, the opportunities, the key success factors and the comparative advantages available to Algeria, the actions to be carried out in the short and medium term, taking into account the weaknesses and strengths of the national economic fabric.