Since the official beginning of negotiations forthe Deep and Comprehensive Free Trade Agreement (DCFTA) between Tunisia and the European Union (EU) in October 2015, the asymmetry that exists between Tunisia’s and the EU’s negotiating levers has become increasingly striking and questions the very worth of the negotiations from Tunisia’s point of view. Known as the DCFTA, this agreement is part of the New European Neighborhood Policy (NENP) and is an addition to the Association Agreement (AA) between Tunisia and the EU, in order to extend trade liberalization to align with European standards and legislation. In other words, the “Comprehensive” and “Deep” dimensions of this agreement will require Tunisia to undertake profound and irreversible changes in its national public policies.

The maritime service sector in Tunisia could be a catalyst to economic development and to globalization, given that 98% of commercial trade is conducted through sea. However, this sector has been struggling with several issues mainly concerning the lack in logistics development, the poor infrastructure and the shortage in investment opportunities.

Key highlights :
• Illicit financial flows in the form of misinvoicing represent 16,2% of Tunisia›s total non-oil trade.
• Machines are the product most subject to misinvoicing in the Arab world.
• The fight against illicit financial flows should be a priority.

النقاط الرئيسية:
• تملث اﺎﻘﻓﺪﺘﻟت اﺔﻴﻟﺎﻟﻤ ﻴﺮﻏ ا ﺸﺮﻟﻤوﺔﻋ المتمثلة في شكل تلاعب بالفواتير نسبة 16,2 % من حجم التجارة الخارجية في تونس باستثناء المنتجات البترولية
• تعتبر الآلات المنتج الأكثر عرضة للتلاعب بالفواتير في العالم العربي.
• لا بد أن تكون مكافحة التدفقات المالية غير المشروعة أولوية.

النقاط الرئيسية:
• تملث اﺎﻘﻓﺪﺘﻟت اﺔﻴﻟﺎﻟﻤ ﻴﺮﻏ ا ﺸﺮﻟﻤوﺔﻋ المتمثلة في شكل تلاعب بالفواتير نسبة 16,2 % من حجم التجارة الخارجية في تونس باستثناء المنتجات البترولية
• تعتبر الآلات المنتج الأكثر عرضة للتلاعب بالفواتير في العالم العربي.
• لا بد أن تكون مكافحة التدفقات المالية غير المشروعة أولوية.

Inflation in May 2018 reached 7.7, a level not reached since 1991.
• Inflation is mainly due to the liberalization of the dinar and the fall in its value which increases the prices of imported goods.
• The increase in interest rates will not have a significant impact on current inflation.

The 1949 Convention was the subject of much controversy. Indeed, favoring COTUSAL, this convention has allowed the latter to hold the monopoly of the salt market in Tunisia4 until 1994, when its first competitor entered the market. Moreover, since the colonial era and up to the present day, this convention grants to COTUSAL a minimal tax calculated on the basis of the lowest tax bracket relating to the exploitation of Tunisian land.

• In 2017, Italy became Tunisia's leading commercial supplier ahead of France.
• Between 2010 and 2017, imports from France and Italy fell by 28% and 18% respectively.
• Between 2010 and 2017, imports from China and Turkey increased by 37% and 51% respectively.

• Cumulatively over the years 2016 and 2017, the state lost the net equivalent of TND 4.2 billion in foreign currency due solely to the devaluation of the dinar.
• The shortfall for the State in equivalent of foreign currencies, due to the status of non resident companies, amounts to 1.2 billion dinars between 2016 and 2017.

The Independent Expert on the effects of foreign debt and other related international financial obligations of States on the full enjoyment of all human rights, particularly economic, social and cultural rights, Juan Pablo Bohoslavsky, conducted an official visit to Tunisia between 20 and 28 February 2017. The mandate of the Independent Expert is wide and complex, and is clearly framed within the scope and content of international human rights law and standards. In its most recent resolution extending the mandate1, the Human Rights Council requested the Independent Expert to, inter alia, pay particular attention to illicit financial flows, and the effects of foreign debt and the policies adopted to address them, on the full enjoyment of all human rights.