The impact of trade openness on Algeria and Tunisia

Abstract EN

This study aims to identify the impact of the trade openness of the countries of Algeria and Tunisia, which was characterized by increased interest due to its impact on economic activity, so that this impact appears in the balance of payments, and this interest has increased in recent decades coinciding with the emergence of the World Trade Organization, which was able to include Almost all the world's countries have imposed their conditions on them, which are centered on the inevitability of trade opening.

Therefore, this study extends from 2000 to 2013 for the two countries using the "eviews" program.

One of the results of the research is that trade openness affects the balance of payments, so that there is a positive impact of trade openness on the balance of payments of Algeria during the study period and almost no impact of trade openness on the Tunisian balance of payments.